The Welding Institute
The Engineering Institution for Welding
and Joining Professionals
and Joining Professionals
Professional / Career Development
Certificate course
Welding and Joining Technology for Students in Materials and Engineering
Syllabus
The syllabus given below is intended to be an introduction to the subject. It concentrates on the basic principles underlying welding technology and defines the minimum knowledge required.
In general, the practical content is limited to demonstration through videos, slides and wall charts. Welds in carbon-manganese steels are used to illustrate the main fusion welding processes. A set of supplementary welds covers the welding of other materials, other welding processes, defects in welds and case histories. With few exceptions, there is no requirement for the treatment of the detailed routine aspects of welding engineering practices as applied in industry.
| 1. Introduction to welding and joining technology | |
| 1.1 General introduction | 1 hour |
| 1.1.1 Welding technology | |
| 1.1.2 Oxy-gas welding | |
| 1.1.3 The arc | |
| 1.2 Welding Processes | 3 hours |
| 1.2.1 Introduction to gas-shielded arc welding | |
| 1.2.2 Tungsten-inert gas welding | |
| 1.2.3 MIG and MAG welding | |
| 1.2.4 Manual metal-arc welding | |
| 1.2.5 Submerged-arc welding | |
| 1.2.6 Resistance welding | |
| 1.2.7 Advanced welding technology | |
| 1.3 Brazing and Soldering | 1 hour |
| 1.4 Adhesives | 1 hour |
| Practical examples | 3 hours |
| 2. Response of materials to welding | |
| 2.1 Weldability and Heat Treatment | 10 hours |
| 2.1.1 Structure and properties of metals | |
| 2.1.2 Alloys and phase diagrams | |
| 2.1.3 Iron-carbon alloys | |
| 2.1.4 Heat treatment of parent materials and welds | |
| 2.1.5 Welding stresses and distortion | |
| 2.1.6 Structure of the welded joint | |
| 2.1.7 Plain carbon and carbon-manganese steels | |
| 2.1.8 Cracking in steels | |
| 2.1.9 Welding of low alloy steels | |
| 2.1.10 Welding of stainless steels | |
| 2.2 Welding of Non-Ferrous Metals | 2 hours |
| 2.2.1 Copper and copper alloys | |
| 2.2.2 Nickel and nickel alloys | |
| 2.2.3 Aluminium and aluminium alloys | |
| 2.2.4 Joining dissimilar metals | |
| 2.3 Testing of Welded Joints | 1 hour |
| Metallography and practical | 4 hours |
| 3. Design and performance of welded structures | 6 hours |
| 3.1 Fundamentals of the Strength of Materials | |
| 3.2 Joint Design | |
| 3.3 Fracture Mechanics | |
| 3.4 Fitness for Purpose | |
| 3.5 Special Considerations in the Design of Welded Structures | |
| 3.5.1 Behaviour under different types of loading | |
| 3.5.2 Static loading | |
| 3.5.3 Dynamic loading | |
| 3.5.4 Thermodynamic loading | |
| 4. Quality assurance of welding operations and fabrication | |
| 4.1 Welding Quality Issues | 6 hours |
| 4.1.1 Introduction to quality assurance in welded construction | |
| 4.1.2 Quality control during manufacture | |
| 4.1.3 Measurement, control and recording in welding | |
| 4.1.4 Non-destructive testing | |
| 4.1.5 Repair welding | |
| 4.2 Health and Safety | 1 hour |
| 4.3 Economics | 1 hour |
| Case Studies | 3 hours |
| Lectures | 33 hours |
| Practical | 10 hours |
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