Welding Training | Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)

Is it right for me?

The courses can be tailored to suit novices or more experienced welders looking to upskill or recode as well as being engineered to meet the employers needs such as stainless steel and aluminium welding TIG welding.

What will I learn?

The candidate will demonstrate their ability to:

• Set up the welding equipment to include: changing/sharpening electrodes, changing gas, amperage selection, foot pedal use, slope in and slope out controls, current type selection and pulse settings.

• Consumable selection such as electrodes, gas and filler wire types.

• Health and safety relating to the welding processes.

• Produce welds in the workshop to include: Beads on plate, T and lap fillet welds, butt welds and open corner welds on 2mm-5mm sheet/plate.

• Welding theory to include: TIG, distortion control, weld symbols, gas cylinders, weld defects, weld testing and health and safety.

• Make safe and effective repairs.

• Operate within the HASAWA 1974

• Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to include safe use of welding masks/air fed masks.

The benefits?

The course will consist of raising the delegates skill level by practical welding with lectures on:

• Using the equipment safely and changing parts of the system.

• Relevant parts of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations (COSHH).

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

• Basic welder maintenance.

• Process applications.