Duration: One Year

Overview:

The “Welder” trade trains candidates in professional skills, knowledge, and employability skills, with project work and extracurricular activities for confidence-building.

Professional Skills:

• Follow safety protocols (OSH&E, PPE, fire extinguishers, first aid, 5S).
• Perform edge preparation using hacksawing, filing, and fitting.
• Practice oxy-acetylene welding, brazing, cutting, and shielded metal arc welding.
• Perform gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, spot welding, plasma cutting, and arc gouging.
• Weld MS, SS, aluminum, and copper in various positions.
• Evaluate welds visually and correct defects.
• Apply preheating, inter-pass temperature control, and post-weld heat treatment.
• Understand workshop calculations, science, and engineering drawings for material estimation and weld quality.

Job Opportunities:

• Start your own fabrication workshop.
• Work as an arc welder, gas welder, assistant, electric welder, fabricator, or pipe welder.
• Employment in Central Government establishments.
• Opportunities in private companies.