September 2010 Vol. 237 No. 9

Business Meetings & Events

Lincoln Electric Arc Welding Classes 2010 Fourth Quarter Schedule

The Lincoln Electric Welding School offers classes in arc welding taught by seven full-time instructors with more than 100 years of combined industry experience. Courses are designed to teach the arc welding skills that employers need.

Classes for the fourth quarter range from a six-week basic course to an advanced 15-week comprehensive course, as well as one-week classes on specific welding processes, certification and customized programs. Students spend 80% of their time in the booth learning to weld. Lincoln limits class sizes to 15 students per class in order to maximize learning and guarantee one-on-one instruction time.

Courses scheduled for October through December 2010 include:

Introduction to Welding: Instructs welders in an introduction to all common welding processes. This one-week course runs the week of Oct.18.

Comprehensive Program: Instruct welders in arc welding safety and all of the common welding processes. The course lasts 15 weeks and involves more than 540 hours of hands-on instruction. This course is offered 25 – Mar 11. 2011.

Welding Certification Prep Course: Prepares them for the American Welding Society’s (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) seminar and examination. This one-week class is offered during the week of Oct 11.

AWS CWI Seminar and Exam: Lincoln Electric is a host site for the AWS CWI seminar and examination. The seminar is taught by taught by an AWS instructor and covers how to reference AWS code, examine welds and prepare for the CWI exam on that following Saturday (proctored by AWS). These courses are offered Oct. 1-23.

Basic Plate & Sheet Metal: Instructs welders in the stick welding process. The six-week class is being offered the weeks of Oct. 25-Dec. 3.

Pipe Welding: Instructs welders in the stick welding process of welding pipe either to meet American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (vertical-up) or American Petroleum Institute (API) (vertical-down) welding code. Running six weeks, this course will be offered during the weeks of Oct. 25-Dec. 3.

Plasma, Oxyfuel, Alloy & Hardening: Instructs welders in plasma cutting and arc gouging, the oxyfuel process, alloy theory and applications, and hardfacing. Three-week class will be taught the weeks of Oct. 25-Nov. 12.

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding: Instructs welders in the TIG welding process. One-week course are offered the weeks of Oct. 4, Nov., 15, Dec. 6 and Dec. 13.

Gas Metal Arc Welding/Semi Automatic: Instructs welders in the MIG welding process. One-week course are taught the weeks of Oct. 11, Nov. 1, Nov. 22, Dec. 6 and Dec. 13.

Flux-Cored Arc Welding/Semi Automatic: Instructs welders in the flux-cored welding process for both self shielded and gas shielded. One-week classes run the weeks of Oct. 18 and Nov. 29.

Classes fill up quickly, so interested students are encouraged to register at least one month in advance. To register, contact Lincoln’s Welding School at (216) 383-8325 or visit www.lincolnelectric.com.

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