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Pipe Welder

Workington
Apprenticeship
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Level 3 Apprenticeship Full-time In person

Overview

The broad purpose of the occupation is to manually weld tubes and pipes to high standards of quality and integrity using a minimum of two manual arc welding processes from Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG), Plasma Arc Welding (PAW), Manual Metal Arc (MMA), Metal Inert Gas (MIG)/Metal Active Gas (MAG) and Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW). The occupation requires the pipe welding of a minimum of four material groups from Carbon Steel, Low Alloy Steel, High Alloy Ferritic/Martensitic Steel, Austenitic Stainless Steel, Nickel & Nickel Alloys, Aluminium & Aluminium alloys, Titanium & Titanium Alloys, Copper & Copper Alloys. Pipe welders must use all welding positions and 3 main joint configurations from Single Sided Butt, Socket, Flange and Set-on Branch welds.

Lakes College
Level 3

Pipe Welder

Entry requirements

At a glance

  • To study this course you will need to have 5 GCSE's at 9-4 (A*-C) grade (including maths and English), and a Level 2 Diploma in Engineering (Welding and Fabirication).If English is not your first language, you will need an English language test score of 5.0 or above.
  • This course is a great progression option from our Level 2 Welding course, or from a Level 2 Apprenticeship route.
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