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Skills Bootcamp in Welding Inspection - Level 3

Start Date: Various

Newcastle College Renewable Offshore And Subsea Engineering 18
  • Length 12 weeks
  • Study Short Course
  • Location Energy Academy, Wallsend

Qualification Gained

Level 3 in Welding Skills

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More about the course

If you are looking for a challenging but rewarding career in welding, this 12-week Bootcamp may be the course for you. Whether you want to be a shipbuilding welder, a building construction welder or a fitter, this course will help take you there.

You will learn in our specialist facilities at Newcastle College Energy Academy and have access to industry-standard hand tools and equipment.

You will develop core skills and complete welder approval under the coded welding scheme. This will ensure you meet expectations set out by industry partners making you work-ready for the volume of welding job vacancies in the region.

You will cover recognised industry requirements and gain recognised qualifications including coded weld test, health and safety, flux core welding, first aid and working at heights.

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What can I do with a qualification in Renewable and Subsea Engineering?

Daily tasks:

  • Checks finished workpiece for defects and conformity with specification.
  • Cleans and smoothes weld.
  • Guides electrode or torch along line of weld, burns away damaged areas, and melts brazing alloy or solder into joints.
  • Cuts metal pieces using gas torch or electric arc.
  • Connects wires to power supply, or hoses to oxygen, acetylene, argon, carbon dioxide, electric arc, or other source and adjusts controls to regulate gas pressure and rate of flow.
  • Selects appropriate welding equipment such as electric arc, gas torch, etc..

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