TIG-ARGON welder course
As I anticipated in the previous article, today we are going to talk about the Tig Welder or also called Argonist and I start by clarifying that TIG stands for: Tungsten Inert Gas.
In this type of welding, the welder uses a torch where a tungsten (infusible electrode) is grafted that will serve as a conductor, inside the torch through a diffuser will pass Argon gas, which will have the function of protecting the melt pool, in fact the Tig welder, is also called Argonist.
The Tig welder is a highly skilled welder, a professional welder, so many aspire to become Argonists because they are the most in demand and best paid welders in the job market. Companies if they do not know the welder, before hiring him, they ask him if he has the Tig and Electrode Welding License "EN ISO 9606-1 141/111" which consists of two different welding techniques: the first one called "tig backing" and the second one "electrode coated clamp filling and finishing" the latter is the procedure I explained to you in the previous article on electrode welding .
So you will understand that it is not easy to have the Tig and Electrode License, because you have to learn both types of welding.
Almost all welders aspire to become "Argonists," But this is only possible through years and years of experience or by participating in a real, concrete Welding Course that has lots of hands-on hours. In my experience, a Tig and Electrode course that has less than 100 hours of pure welding is absolutely useless, because you don't have the time to acquire the manual dexterity and experience that companies will later demand of you.
In our Welding School we have the Electrode Welder Course, the TIG Welder Course and the TIG and Electrode Welder Course.
Many times our trainees start with the Proc. 111 electrode course, once they pass the exam and receive their license, they go on to gain work experience as electrode welders, then decide to complete the training and enroll in the TIG welder course to receive additional license.
Other times, however, the trainees decide to take the single Tig and Electrode course directly, which is a full proc. 141/111 course, lasts one month and at the end of the course you take the TIG and Electrode Welding Patent Exam. The exam consists of welding a two-inch joint positioned at 45° in 11.8 mm thick carbon steel, the welded piece will be radiographed and if there are no defects in the weld we will issue you an International Welding License valid for diameters from 1″ to infinity and for pipe thicknesses from 3 mm to 23 mm .
Mimmo Weldig Senior inspector
