WEL3622 - Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) ($)

3 hour(s)
Elective Type: Technical Elective
($) Special Funding Identifier: KS Excel in CTE Initiative
Schedule Note: Fall only
Description: This course offers the student the knowledge and necessary skills to produce code quality welds using a variety of wire and gas combinations common to industry for fabrication purposes.

Through classroom and/or shop/lab learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: explain gas metal arc welding process (GMAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of the GMAW workstation.; correlate GMAW electrode classifications with base metals and joint criteria; demonstrate proper electrode selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the flat position; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the horizontal position; produce basic GMAW welds on selected weld joints; and conduct visual inspection of GMAW welds.

All course competencies and outcomes meet or exceed requirements of the KBOR Common Course Outcome Summary, based on the most up-to-date standards from the American Welding Society (AWS) certification requirements. Individual accreditor standards, including any updates thereto, take precedence over program alignment documentation, and institutions are expected to adhere to accreditor requirements and subsequent updates within the prescribed timelines set by the accreditor.

NOTE: Students must earn a “C” or better to receive credit toward a technical degree, certificate, or continuance into pre-requisite or program coursework. Any exception would require department approval.

Course Classification: Technical Lab
Prerequisite(s): None

Course Outcomes/Procedures: WEL3622 Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Course Procedure