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This is an intermediate level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of the production of aluminum, aluminum properties, safety considerations, handling and material preparation, aluminum designations, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of basic inspection codes and methods. Topics include the qualifications, functions, and duties of a welding inspector, describing the different stages of welding inspection, and the principles, techniques, and applications of non-destructive testing methods.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of drawing interpretation. Topics include types of drawings, interpreting structural drawings, types of pipe drawings, views, and drawing information, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of distortion. Topics include factors influencing distortion, control of distortion, correction of distortion, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of drawing interpretation. Topics include types of drawings, types of views, units of measurement, and more.

This course is an intermediate course focusing on structural drawings, pipe drawings, layout and fabrication. Topics include pipe fittings, reading pipe drawings, fitting and fabrication equipment, and more.

This professional level course focuses on comprehensive knowledge of welding electrodes and consumables. Topics include understanding the groupings and classifications of standard electrodes covered in various CSA and AWS standards, understanding the basic classifications for low alloy steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and nickel alloy electrodes, understanding classification of electrodes for soldering and brazing filler metals, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). Topics include power sources, process variables, discontinuities, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of welding health and safety. Topics include workplace health and safety, personal protective equipment (PPE), fire hazard precautions, and many more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of welding health and safety. Topics include workplace health and safety, personal protective equipment (PPE), fire hazard precautions, and many more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of the functions of a welding inspector. Topics include interpreting a mill test report, verifying welding procedure specifications have been properly qualified, explaining the processes required for inspection prior to, during, and after welding, and more. 

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of joint design and preparation. Topics include describing the different types of welded joints, describing the mechanical method of joint preparation, identifying the effects of thermal and non-thermal cutting and gouging, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of welding metallurgy. Topics include mechanical and physical properties of metal, weldability of steels, heat treatment, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of metallurgy. Topics include identifying the groupings, properties, and applications of engineered materials, identifying the microstructures of steel, interpret the iron-carbon phase diagram, describe tests for identifying metals, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of physical metallurgy. Topics covered in this course include, understanding the making of iron and steel, understanding the crystallographic differences between the ferrite and austenite lattice, understanding strengthening mechanisms, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding metallurgy of steel. Topics covered in this course include metallurgical transformations, cracking tests, lamellar tearing, meld metal reactions, avoidance of hydrogen induced cold crack, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding metallurgy of stainless steels. Topics covered in this course include explaining the role of various alloying elements in stainless steels, explaining the major problems in welding stainless steels and how to overcome them, understanding the welding procedures for stainless steels, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental principles of steel composition, microstructure, and properties, various types of heat treatment processes and the effects of these processes, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of the properties of non-ferrous metals that affect welding, issues encountered when welding non-ferrous metals, various types of heat treatment processes and the effects of these processes, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of the properties of aluminum that affect welding, the types of heat treatment processes and their effects, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of the types of cast iron, fundamental principles of cast iron composition, microstructure, and properties, various types of heat treatment processes and the effects of these processes, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of lifting, rigging, and hoisting. Topics include safe handling and storage of materials, calculating the weight of loads, sling configurations applications and working load limits, and many more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of mechanical testing of welds. Topics covered in this course include the concepts of stress and strain, the method behind tensile tests and bend tests, the requirements of various codes for tensile and bend tests, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of oxy-fuel cutting. Topics include oxy-fuel cylinder safety, pressure regulators and their functions, start up and shut down procedures, and more.

This course is an advanced course focusing on the fundamentals of GMAW orbital welding. This program has been developed in partnership with Liburdi Automation and details the use of their industry leading orbital equipment. Topics include welding heads, joint design and preparation, system operation, and more.

This course is an advanced course focusing on the fundamentals of GTAW orbital welding. This program has been developed in partnership with Liburdi Automation and details the use of their industry leading orbital equipment. Topics include welding heads, joint design and preparation, system operation, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of plasma arc cutting. Topics include applications, operating variables, elements affecting quality and plasma arc cutting process.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding processes. Topics include describing the classification of welding processes, identifying torches/guns for each welding process, explaining weld soundness and variables associated with each welding process, and identifying typical discontinuities for each welding process.

This is a professional level course focusing on advanced welding processes and equipment. It provides an overview of major welding processes, with emphasis on arc welding, and a broad understanding of the principles of operation of each process, general characteristics and equipment. Processes such as resistance welding (RW), plasma arc welding (PAW), electron beam (EBW), laser beam welding (LBW) and electroslag welding (ESW) are also covered.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of power sources used in welding. Topics include describing the static and dynamic characteristics of welding power sources, distinguishing between conductors and insulators, describing the evolution of welding power sources, and more.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of weld quality and discontinuities. Topics include discontinuities and defects, geometric discontinuities, structural discontinuities, and more.

This is an intermediate level course focusing on the concepts of quality and quality man-agement. It provides an overview of the ISO 9001:2015 Standard with specific examples of how it relates to welding inspection.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of radiographic inspection of welds. Topics covered in this course include describing how radiography works, explaining how images are formed and what controls their quality, recognizing radiographic images of various defects, describing safety practices with radiographic inspection, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding related stress and distortion. Topics covered in this course include, describing the causes of distortion, identifying the residual stress patterns in rolled shapes, identifying the types of distortion and explaining techniques of limiting and controlling distortion, and more.

This course is an intermediate course focusing on the codes and standards as they relate to various certification bodies. Topics include agencies that set codes and standards, structural applications, pressure applications, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of codes, standards, and specifications related to welding. Topics include identifying the primary agencies that set codes and standards, identifying and describing welding codes and standards used in North America, and describing the responsibilities of the ÒõAPPµ¼º½.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of shielded metal arc welding (SMAW). Topics include power sources, SMAW equipment, process variables, and more.

This is a comprehensive professional level course focusing on the relationship between a metal’s basic properties within equilibrium conditions and its behavioural conditions in welding. Topics covered include basic metal structures and their behaviours, methods of changing the mechanical properties of alloys, phase diagrams, the effects of welding procedures on solidification structures, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of surface inspection of welds. Topics covered in this course include explaining the basic principles of LP and MP inspection methods, understanding the components of typical inspection procedures and techniques, identifying false and non-relevant indications, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding symbols. Topics include the key elements of welding symbols, symbols used for fillet, groove, arc spot and plug welds, combined symbols, and symbols referenced by CSA, AWS, and ISO.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of welding hand and power tools. Topics include hand tools, measuring tools, cutting tools, and many more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of ultrasonic inspection of welds. Topics covered in this course include describing how ultrasonic inspection works, calibrating equipment and the suitability of equipment and materials for the specifications of ultrasonic testing, describe the typical code requirements governing ultrasonic testing, and more.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of visual inspection concepts and techniques. Topics include identifying types of measurement errors, identifying measuring devices used for inspection, describing the application of acceptance criteria, and more.

This course is an in-depth exploration of CSA Standard W59 Welded steel construction. Each clause is examined and supported with knowledge check quizzes and/or practice activities based on industry examples that require navigation of the standard. These navigation skills are put into practice with 2 scenarios that require navigation of the entire standard to determine the answers.  The course concludes with a final exam that simulates the open book certification exam.

Recommended Experience: Minimum of 6 months experience in the welded steel construction industry.

This course is an in-depth exploration of CSA’s Standard, CSA W59.2 Welded aluminum construction. Each clause is examined and supported with knowledge check quizzes and/or practice activities based on industry examples that require navigation of the standard. These navigation skills are put into practice with 2 scenarios that require navigation of the entire standard to determine the answers. The course concludes with a final exam that simulates the open book certification exam.

Recommended Experience: Minimum of 6 months experience in the welded aluminum construction industry.

This is a professional level course focusing on comprehensive knowledge of welding faults. Topics include identifying different types of weld discontinuities, describing the causes of weld discontinuities, and applying visual inspection criteria.

This course is an introductory course focusing on the fundamentals of wire process welding. Topics include power sources, gas metal arc welding (GMAW), modes of metal transfer, and more.