Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for WLD 196 Winter 2025


Course Number:
WLD 196
Course Title:
Maritime GMAW-P Applications
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
80
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Covers safety procedures and practices in a welding shop and in a shipyard environment. Includes basics of plasma arc cutting (PAC) and gas metal arc welding pulse (GMAW-P). Introduces common hand tools and their usage. Prerequisites: WLD 195 or department permission.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Function safely in a welding shop and a shipyard environment.
  2. Operate shears and pneumatic tools according to industry standards.
  3. Use GMAW-P equipment.
  4. Use PAC equipment.
  5. Weld common joint assemblies with GMAW-P according to industry-standard codes.
  6. Assess weld quality through the application of visual examination principles and practices in accordance with industry-standard codes.
  7. Use common hand tools.

Course Activities and Design

Each concept will be delivered via a combination of lectures and videos followed by practical demonstrations and hands-on application in the welding lab.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Oral or written examinations, quizzes, written assignments, visual inspection, welding tests and task performance.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  • Function safely in the PCC Welding Shop and a Shipyard Environment.
    • Understand and practice personal safety by using proper protective equipment (PPE)
    • Understand, promote and adhere to a Safety-First culture by following OSHA safety guidelines and requirements at all times.
      • Understand and maintain a safe work area
      • Recognize and report dangerous electrical and air/gas hose connections
      • Understand and practice fire prevention
      • Understand first aid protocol in case of an emergency.
      • Understand confined and enclosed spaces.
      • Understand sitemaps and muster stations.
      • Understand fire hydrant locations throughout the shipyard.
      • Understand injury reporting procedure.
      • Understand  ANSI safety color codes.
    • Understand and practice power tool safety
    • Understand and practice equipment safety for welding, oxy-fuel and carbon arc cutting systems
  • Operate shears and pneumatic tools according to industry standards.
    • Demonstrate correct setup, operation and shutdown procedures for an industrial shears and pneumatic tools
  • Understand and apply fundamentals of GMAW-P Operations.
    • Describe and demonstrate equipment setup, shut down, and operation
    • Identify  electrode characteristics
    • Demonstrate proper arc length and travel speed
    • Demonstrate correct starting, stopping and restarting techniques
    • Demonstrate proper bead placement
  • Understand and apply proper use of Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC)
    • Demonstrate proper set up of PAC
    • Identify proper applications for PAC
    • Demonstrate safe and proper use of PAC
  • Interpret blueprints to accurately lay out, prepare, and assemble weld joints.
    • Interpret lines, symbols, views and notes
    • Lay out material per specifications
    • Use the PAC process to cut material to specific dimensions
    • Assemble project per specifications
  • Weld common joint assemblies with GMAW-P according to AWS D1.2  Welding Code standards.
    • Flat position:
      • Bead Plate
      • T-Joint
  • Horizontal position:
    • T-Joint
    • LapJoint
  • Vertical position:
    • T-Joint
    • Lap Joint
  • Overhead
    • T-Joint
    • Lap Joint 
  • Apply visual examination principles and practices in accordance with AWS D1.2.
    • Evaluate welds using appropriate welding inspection tools
    • Assess weld discontinuities causes and determine corrections