Objectives

Learning Objective 1 – Summarize groove weld types and preparing to weld them.

• Identify groove welds and their properties.
• Outline preparing for making open-root single V-groove welds.

Learning Objective 2 – Summarize techniques for making open-root single V-groove welds.

• Describe producing the root pass for open- root single V-groove welds.
• Describe making open-root single V-groove welds in the 1G and 2G positions.
• Describe making open-root single V-groove welds in the 3G and 4G positions

Performance Tasks

Performance Task 1 (Learning Objective 1) – Safely set up SMAW equipment for groove welding.

Performance Task 2 (Learning Objective 2) – Use E6010/E6011 and E7018 electrodes to make flat (1G) open-root single V-groove welds.

Performance Task 3 (Learning Objective 2) – Use E6010/E6011 and E7018 electrodes to make hor- izontal (2G) open-root single V-groove welds.

Performance Task 4 (Learning Objective 2) – Use E6010/E6011 and E7018 electrodes to make ver- tical (3G) open-root single V-groove welds.

Performance Task 5 (Learning Objective 2) – Use E6010/E6011 and E7018 electrodes to make overhead (4G) open-root single V-groove welds.