Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
This certificate will provide the student with entry-level skills and knowledge to perform as a gas metal arc welder or robotic arc welding operator with minimum supervision. Students will be taught foundational and advanced techniques for programming and troubleshooting robotic welding cells, robot calibration and manipulation as well as integrating the welding power sources with a robotic welder. Students will become familiar with the robotic welding of components and assemblies using ferrous and non-ferrous metals in the aerospace, equipment and production manufacturing industries.
Award Outcomes
- Set-up welding and cutting equipment
- Operate robotic welding and cutting equipment
- Produce manual welds with the Gas Metal Arc Welding Process in steel
- Produce welds with a robotic welding cell.
- Interpret blueprints and welding symbols
- Perform basic lay-outs on various materials
- Apply metallurgical principles to welding and fabrication processes
- Determine the quality of welds
- Identify steps and procedures in the manual Gas Metal Arc Welding process
- Identify steps and procedures in the robotics Gas Metal Arc Welding process
- Program basic robotic welding equipment