Introduction to Welding

Expand your skills in welding and consider starting a new career journey. This course introduces different welding techniques used in industry. You will have the opportunity to learn the basics of each welding technique and develop your knowledge of welding.

This course is ideal for you if you are a beginner wishing to gain experience of all of the different welding processes. You may already have attended a Welding Taster Day, although this is not necessary.

This is an elementary level of training which will teach you the basic skills required for different types of welding if you are considering it as a career. It is also an excellent programme to develop the skills to support a hobby or interest that you may have.

This course will give you an introduction to the three most commonly used welding processes:

• Tungsten inert gas (TIG)
• Metal Inert Gas (MIG)
• Manual Metal Arc (MMA)

You will be able to choose to specialise in one area of welding, if you have a particular area of interest.

The course will enable learners to develop skills for safe welding as well as acquiring associated underpinning knowledge to a level that will enable them to produce welded joints in simple welding positions and work with specified materials, thicknesses, and tolerances. The course is entirely practical in the workshop.

This programme will provide you with:

• Hands-on experience of using welding equipment to gain a good introduction to welding skills and techniques.
• Introductory level of  knowledge of welding plant used for MIG, TIG and MMA welding processes.
• Measuring and marking out in preparation for metal fabrication
• Setting up, preparing and shutting down equipment for cutting, forming and joining
• Identification of hazards in metal fabrication

You will also learn the process and health & safety requirements for welding.

Industry Equipment

This is an industry-focused programme, during which you will learn using industry-standard welding equipment.

Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and equipment:

• Steel toecap boots
•  Clothes made of non-synthetic fibres
• A notebook and pen

Welding Gauntlets and an EW Welding helmet will be provided.

• Good eyesight and physical steadiness are required to safely partake in this course.q
• Learners must be 16 years of age or older to attend this course.