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ABSTRiCT .
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. r The Training,andTechnology (TAT),Welding Technoldgps
Training Program is an intensive industrial, training
conductdd by Oak Ridge Associated Universities and Union Carbide
Corporation designed to upgrade the skills of,unemployed.apd .
underemployed indiiiduals so they can command gobA jobs, in Indpfrk.
The document provides an intrOduction'and an Olierview of the TAT_
welder training prograd. Described in detail are the cutriculum,".
teaching methods, and philOsciphy of the training program. Theprogram
training takes 1,040 hours, or 6 months and 40 hours a week.- It
*avers -three major areas: welding lab, General Educatipnal
Development (GED)--High School Equivalency- -and industrial behavior
within an industrial setting. Trainees are introduced to gas welding
and,.on completion of the course, graduates're certifiable in plate
and pipe electric arc welding. The document concludes 'Kith a two-page
bibliography and' appended matefidl.ipintllot/BPy
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This'repprt'qas prepared for.thesManpower Administra-
t0n,lt S. Department of Lab6r0, .under an interagency
agreAm ;t with the. U.. S. Atomic Energy Commission;
interapncy Ogreement numbets DOL-A40-47-a3=l8/
AEC- 4(318 -7i. Since contractors conducting research
'an4 dkelopment projects/under Government sponsorship
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STANDARD TITLE PAGE
1. Report No. ' ' ;').? '''''531 ll3. Recipient's catalog No.
FOR TECHNICAL RkeRTS- DLMA po-47-73-10 i Y';., , ,,, ,,X,,,w,
4. Title and Subtitle - ". s 5. Report Date
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Everette N. Rogers and -Jerry la', Cook
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Manpower Administration .
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1111 20th St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20210
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This deScrihes the curriculum and teaching methbds and philosophy of the
Training'and Technology Welding:technology Training Program. The, training .
takes 1040 hours? 6 months and 40 hours a week. Graduates are certifiable' . -.
in-plate and pipe electric arc welding, and are introduced to gas welding .
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This describes the Training, and Technology Welding Technology Training
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The TAT wider training program is designed to, dive Persons with no
welding experience.skills which command an entry ley+ job in :Welding.
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TAT programi, in welding and the other training areas, are administered
cooperatively by Oak Ridge Associated Universities,and Union Carbide
Corporation, Nuclear Division. Most of the financial tupport for the
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'program comes from Prime Sponsors under the Comprehensive Employment and .
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enjoyed note success in placing graduates. Over the course of the past
eight years, slightfy'better than 95% of the geduates have been -placed -and
the. average starting wages of the placed graduates have been 'higher than the
general 'industrial average in the area. Welding graduates have fared partic-
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Ment required, and the usual amount of tiaining ,timefdr welders and'
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The Dictionary of Occupational Titles predents the following brief
review_of-the job 'and worker characteristics.,
GAS WELDER - Welds metal parts together, as specified,by layout,
welding diagraM, or,work order, using gas welding equipment. The gas welder
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1 Position parts in jigs, fixtures, on, bench or-floor, or
clamps parts- together along'layout Marks:
2. Identify specified torch, torch tip, filler rod; and'
flux, seicting them according t.t,o welding charts, or
thickness.oetype.of-metal and specified bead.
3.' Connect :torch hoses to,dkygen tanks and acetylene or
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4: Turn Handles .to activate flow of gases, light torcpt
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activities in"gas, gas tungs en arc, and gas metal rc welding. . Trainees
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Trainees cut work blanks f m plate and pipe stock then practice sequenced
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Instructional approac, es in welding lab include direCt teacher contact
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1. Stike an arc and maintain that arc until the electrode has
been consumed to a*2" stub.
2. Strike an arc and pr9duce specified bead configurations.
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Stik'an arc and run stringer Aeads in the 2G (horizontal)
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Strike an arq and make a'butt jdinf weld` in the 3-G positions,.
Make abutt weld'in the vertical position qn te pieces of j
'13/3" plate beveled to a 75° included angle' wits a'1/8" root .,
face and-spaced 1/8" apart.
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13. StriR$ an arc and :make a butt joint weld in`-the 4 -G- position.
'Male a butt weld in. the Overhead osition on trio Pieces of
3/8" plate beveled' 'to a:75° included,angle with a 1/8" root
faCe and 'spaced 1/8" apart.
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At.the appropriate time during g ,welding _lab, each trail nee should
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be able to:
1. Set uA equipment, light, adjust and manually operate.a
cutting torch so cut 3/8 " mild steel stock with cutti g
linei acceptable for joining by'arc and gas welding
proOesses (freehand burning).. nt.
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5. Using similar or dissithilar metals of thicknesses 1/8P, 174",
and 3/8" and gas weldint equIPment, join those metals by
braZing using silver filler alloyagand/of by bronze..welding
usin bronze filler alloys. Acceptability will be ju ged by .
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2. Trainees may receive approximately NO hours of preactice
.-time'in gas metal arc :welding.
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1/4-1" thick using semi- automatic wire feed equipment.- .
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Dqcribe a gerieral,rull for.deterTining the approximate
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5. List the associations uepresented by the following symbols:
SAE, AISI.
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to the melting point,
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of those procedures by labeling as annealing, normalizing,
stress relieving, peening, hardening, or case hardening.
8. Given descriptions of typicalweld defects, identify
the name of the defect and list procedures used to ,
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Certification and Code Requirements (Cont.)
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3. Describe,the,process whdreby vq1untary regulations-pre- .
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to a common fraction, with a desired denominator.
22. Utilize a decimal equivalent chart to interchange frac-
tions and decimals.
23. "List from Memory .decimal equivalents equal to i/64, 1/32,
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Geomet6/: Introductibn and Review(9 hours) ,
volume of a'cylinder.
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16. List the names of two ,systems of measurement (English
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17. List two "advantages and two disadvantages of converting .
to the metric system of measurement.
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8. List frofi memory and apply the formula used tb find elec-
trical power whet-volts, amps, and time are given.
9. Define power factor in twp sentences or less:-
10. Given the number of kilowatts, ours, and costeper
kilowatt hour, find the total cost of electricity.
11. Given 4.11usratIbPs of a common electrical watt mete r,
read the meter accurate to the-nearest kilowatt hour.
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7. Illustrate and label,the following iteme by a simple ketch:.
a. angular' dimension
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The TAT GEET program was established to provide trainees With an oppor-
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1. Sentence Structure
2. Usage - Grammar
3. Style and Clarity.
4. Punctuation.
5. Capitalization.
6. Word Choice - e.g., Affect, Effect
'Principal, Principle
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reading deficient trainees reach the reading level requ ed to achieve
.vocational.- training success. Trainees deficient re ding.are identified
by. selection testy scores and/or performance in clOsroom.actiyAies. This
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Industrial Behavior.
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Job-related behavior of trainees is as Much a part of overall employ-
ability as the skill acquired in welder training. Thb`industrial environ-
-,.ment within...which TAT operates greatly facilitates the,transfer of industrial
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Located within the Y-12 Plant and using Union Carbide supervisors,
foremen, and skilled craftsmen as instructors, TAT exposes trainees to,
industrial st dards of job-related behavior as aintekrai part of training.
Trainees are lonfronted immediately with an industrial viewpoint of tardiness,
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discuss their, orientation and'role in modern industrial organizations.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Welding Alcoa AZuminum. Pittsburgh: Aluminum.Co. of America; 1967.
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REFERENCES :
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Aluminum Welding Mig and Tig. .ReynolOs Metals Company, 5004 West
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The Dual Stort. Advertiiing Manager, Industrial Equipment,
N'ational Cylinder Gas Division of Chemetron Corp., 840..
. North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Matomic.puilding
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