Electrode Welder Course
The Electric Welder Course at our Welding School.
Article Author: Mimmo, Senior Welding inspector, Metalworking specialist.
The question most frequently submitted to me by those interested in our courses is:
Which welder course should I choose?
In our welding school we teach 4 types of welding:
1)Electric Welder,
2)Wire Welder,
3)Tig/argon welder,
4)Submerged arc welder,
Today I am telling you about the first Electric Welder Course, also called Electrode Welder Course (with code SMAW or No. 111).
This type of welding is one of the most popular in the world and allows almost all types of ferrous materials to be welded.
It is a welding process that takes place by means of an electric arc that leads to the fusion of a coated electrode and the ferrous material.
The electrode welding process, precisely because of its manual nature, can be used indifferently on site/plant and workshop work.
Electrode welding is the ABC's of all welding procedures, our welding course, allows you to understand and teaches you how to weld a full penetration and reverse shot joint.
For those who are not in the industry, a joint is the connection area of the two pieces that you need to weld, this can be with different characteristics and shapes, but in all cases you need to know how to check and prepare it before welding, but don't worry we will teach you everything during the course, because we always start from 0.
The joint to be welded is then placed and fixed vertically on the workbench, then penetration, filler and finish welded and taken up on the opposite side.
If during soldering we realize we have made a mistake, we make up for it by making a deep groove, using an angle grinder of at least 3-4 mm, thus removing the wrong part of the solder and re-soldering more carefully. Usually the first pass backs up and seats all the major defects and impurities in the weld melt pool.
The electrode welding license involves a welding test/test/examination followed by destructive testing of the specimen and radiography. Only upon successful completion of the test, our partner Recognized International Certifying Body will issue you the welding license which will be valid worldwide.
The electrode welding license is very comprehensive and certifies you to weld sheet metal for half the thickness of the test/test/exam and up to twice the thickness. So if you weld 12 mm thick joint during patent exam, you will be certified for thicknesses from 6 to 24 mm. You will be certified to make welds on all kinds of sheet metal of the above mentioned thickness in carbon steel, on profiles like IPE, HEA, HEB, UPN etc. and also on Pipes or cylindrical bodies over 500 mm, up to infinity so even tanks etc.
Obtaining this welding license is not at all simple and obvious, no recommendations apply, it will be strenuous, many hours of commitment and dedication are required during our course.
The electric welder is a skilled worker (electric welder) who is highly sought after by the working world, but nowadays many companies, depending on their industry, require that they also know how to Tig/Argon weld (a course I will explain in the next article).
My advice: Should you live in an area full of companies in need of plant maintenance, better defined as plant shutdowns or refineries, electrode and Tig welding processes are definitely the most widely used and therefore in demand by companies.
In the next article I will discuss the Tig (argonist) process, the most comprehensive of our courses.
Article author: Mimmo, Senior Welding inspector, Metalworking specialist .
