This course provides participants with the foundation knowledge and skills to undertake courses in welding. The units completed in this course form the prerequisites for more complex welding processes. Participants must either complete Stage 1 or demonstrate competence through Recognition of Prior Learning and Recognition of Current Competence before completing other stages.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a Statement of Attainment for the associated units of competence from the MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package.
The course will cover:
safe welding practices
applying quality systems and procedures to welding
selecting welding processes
engineering measurement techniques
using hand held and power tools.
Assessment
Knowledge and skills are assessed throughout the course through a number of assessment methods including: