Description
Objectives
Learning Objective 1 – Describe the welding craft and its apprenticeship program.
- Define welding and its common forms.
- Summarize the NCCER training and apprenticeship program.
Learning Objective 2 – List a welder’s personal protective equipment (PPE) and describe its role.
- Identify and describe body, foot, and hand PPE.
- Identify and describe head PPE.
Learning Objective 3 – Summarize welding environment hazards and associated safety practices.
- Outline welding safety and the factors that contribute to accidents.
- List general workplace safety practices.
- Describe fire safety, hot work permits, and fire watch requirements.
- Describe confined spaces and their safety practices.
- Summarize welding equipment safety practices.
- Explain respiratory hazards, ventilation, and associated safety equipment.
- Describe using a safety data sheet (SDS) to handle materials safely.
Performance Tasks
- This is a knowledge-based module; there are no Performance Tasks.
