Job Related Skills, Interests and Values

• using and maintaining tools, material handling equipment and welding equipment; 

• reading and interpreting blueprints;  

• acquiring thorough knowledge of arc, gas and resistance welding theory;

• laying out, cutting and forming metals to specifications;  

• preparing the work site;

• fitting sub-assemblies and assemblies together and preparing assemblies for welding;

• welding using shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, flux core or metal core arc welding, submerged arc welding and plasma arc welding processes; 

• carrying out special processes such as welding studs and brazing; 

• ensuring quality of product/process before, during and after welding; What Preparation and Training Do You Need?

To become a Welder you should complete Grade 12 with credits in mathematics (particularly technical math) and some shop courses. In Ontario, welding is an unrestricted trade; completion of an apprenticeship could take approximately 3 years including 3 periods of 8 weeks (720 hours) in-school theory. Upon successful completion of the training agreement, you will receive a Certificate of Apprenticeship.

What’s Your Future as a Welder?

Most workers in this occupation work full-time, sometimes in shift work, usually indoors. Those with the ability to work with high-technology welding applications may have better employment opportunities. The bulk of employment opportunities are predicted to occur in the non-electrical, machinery, construction and metal-fabricating industries. Some workers will become self-employed. Examples of companies that employ welders include: 

• Fabricating shops; 

• Manufacturers of structural steel and platework;

• Construction industries; 

• Boilers; 

• Heavy machinery contractors; 

• Aircraft contractors; 

• Ship building and other transportation contractors; 

• Specialized welding shops. 

Wage Rate

• as an apprentice you would start at a wage rate less than that of a journeyperson  

• this rate increases gradually as you gain competency 

• the wage range for fully qualified welders according to the Peel Halton Dufferin HRDC Wage Book is between $9.50/hr to $16.18/hr, with a median salary of $12.50/hr.

After reading activity

Revise the information of Unit1 and make a list of the things welders should be able to do and places they can work at.

Self-Rating

Ask Yourself: Is Working as a Welder For You?

Are you good at preparing and planning a job from start to finish?	Yes	No
Can you look at a diagram or shop drawing and visualize how things come together?	Yes	No
Do you like figuring out what’s wrong with something and then repairing it?	Yes	No
Are you able to bend, stretch, kneel, stand for long periods and lift material and supplies?	Yes	No
Would it bother you to work around dangerous gases and intense heat?	Yes	No
Do you have good hand/eye coordination to guide a welding arc along the edges of metal?	Yes	No

If you answered Yes to most of these questions, welder may be for you!

Lead-in

 

You already know what sort of skills you should have to be a welder. Now think of the answers to the following questions:

 

1. How long should a person be trained to become a skilled welder?

2. Do you think that a welder should be able to use all kinds of welding?

3. What is more interesting to you personally: welding techniques, welding inspection (other)?

 

Vocabulary

technique	1) техника, способ, технические приемы 2) метод; методика,
case study	учебный пример; разбор конкретного случая
shielded metal arc welding	дуговая сварка покрытым металлическим электродом
arc welding	электродуговая сварка
submerged arc welding	дуговая сварка под флюсом
oxyfuel	газоплазменный
electric resistance welding	(контактная) сварка сопротивлением
tensile test	испытание на растяжение
bending test	испытание на изгиб
impact test	испытание на ударную вязкость
discontinuity	отсутствие непрерывности, нарушение последовательности; несплошность
volumetric	объемный
hardness	твердость, прочность; сопротивляемость (механическим воздействиям)
tension	натяжение; растяжение, растягивание, удлинение
site welding	монтажные сварочные работы
heat flow	тепловой поток
heat treatment	термическая обработка
welding metallurgy	металлургия сварки
hardenability	1) закаливаемость 2) прокаливаемость 3) способность к закаливанию
weldability	свариваемость
non-ferrous	цветной (о металле), не содержащий железа
filler metal	присадочный металл
alloy	сплав
ASME	сокр. от American Society of Mechanical Engineers Американское общество инженеров-механиков
AWS	сокр. от American Welding Society Американское сварочное общество

 

Match the words from the list below with their definitions

a) alloy, b) joint, c) inspection, d) welding, e) laser, f) design, g) property, h) course, j) plasma, k) arc.

 

1. To contrive, to formulate, to project, to draw, to plan, to sketch out; 

2. Joining pieces of metal (or nonmetal) at faces rendered plastic or liquid by heat or pressure (or both). 

3. a) A junction or mode of joining parts together; b) the place where two things are joined together

4. The luminous arc or bridge across a gap between two electrodes when an electric current is sent through them.

5. a) A careful, narrow or critical examination or survey; b) an official examination.

6. An instrument which amplifies light waves by stimulation to produce a powerful, coherent beam of monochromatic light, an optical maser.

7. Metal blended with some other metallic or nonmetallic substance to give it special qualities, such as resistance to corrosion, greater hardness, or tensile strength. 

8. A planned programme of study.

9. Peculiar or inherent quality.

10. A hot, ionized gas containing approximately equal numbers of positive ions and electrons.

 

Reading and Speaking

 

Imagine you are a trying to choose a welding course to your needs. Which one will you choose if your needs are like these:

 

1. You have to know how to carry out mechanical tests.

2. You are interested in welding ferrous alloys and non ferrous alloys. 

3. You want to introduce computers in your welding process.

4. You are new to welding and would like to be introduced to basic welding processes.

5. You want to learn how to choose the right type of welding for your specific purposes.

6. You want to be a highly qualified and certified expert in the field of welding.

7. You want to be familiar with welding standards

 

Use the table below to choose the course.