Objectives

Learning Objective 1 – Describe oxyfuel cutting and its safety procedures.

• Summarize oxyfuel cutting.
• List oxyfuel cutting safety procedures.

Learning Objective 2 – Summarize oxyfuel cutting equipment.

• Identify and describe oxyfuel cutting gases and their storage cylinders.
• Describe oxyfuel cutting regulators and hoses.
• Describe oxyfuel cutting torches and tips.
• Describe specialized oxyfuel cutting equipment.
• Describe oxyfuel accessories.

Learning Objective 3 – Outline safely setting up, lighting, and shutting down oxyfuel equipment.

• Explain how to set up oxyfuel equipment.
• Explain how to leak test oxyfuel equipment.
• Explain how to light, adjust, and shut down oxyfuel equipment.

Learning Objective 4 – Outline common oxyfuel cutting procedures.

• Identify good and bad cuts, as well as what creates them.
• Explain how to cut, bevel, wash, and gouge.

Performance Tasks

Performance Task 1 (Learning Objective 3) – Set up oxyfuel cutting equipment.

Performance Task 2 (Learning Objectives 3) – Light and adjust an oxyfuel torch.

Performance Task 3 (Learning Objectives 3) – Shut down oxyfuel cutting equipment.

Performance Task 4 (Learning Objectives 3) – Disassemble oxyfuel cutting equipment.

Performance Task 5 (Learning Objectives 3) – Change gas cylinders.

Performance Task 6 (Learning Objective 4) – Cut instructor-specified shapes from various thick- nesses of steel.

Performance Task 7 (Learning Objective 4) – Wash metal with oxyfuel equipment.

Performance Task 8 (Learning Objective 4) – Gouge metal with oxyfuel equipment.

Performance Task 9 (Learning Objective 4) – Cut straight lines and bevels either with a track cut- ter or manually with/without a guide.