Pipefitting I

Plus Core class hours (first semester only) Orientation to the Trade; pipefitter hand tools; pipefitter power tools; ladders, scaffolds; and motorized equipment.

Pipefitting 2

Piping Systems; drawing and detail sheets; identifying and installing valves; pipefitting trade math; threaded pipe fabrication; socket weld pipe fabrication; butt weld pipe fabrication; and excavation underground pipe installation.

Pipefitting 3

Rigging equipment; rigging practices; standards and specifications; advanced trade math; motorized equipment II; introduction to above ground pipe installation; field routing, and vessel trim; pipe hangers and supports; and testing piping systems and equipment.

Pipefitting 4

Advanced blueprint reading; advanced pipe fabrication; stress relieving and alignment; steam traps; in-line specialties; special piping; hot traps; maintaining valves; introduction to supervisory roles.

Mobile Crane Operations – Semester 1

Plus Core Class Hours (First semester only) Orientation to the Trade, basic principles of crane, rigging practices, crane safety, operating a crane, rigging equipment, and rigging practices. Communication, machine power flow, preventative maintenance, wire rope, computer aids/operator aids, load dynamics, and on-site equipment movement.

Mobile Crane Operations – Semester 2

Comprehensive load/capacity charts, hydraulic/telescopic boom assembly and disassembly, advanced operational techniques, life planning hoisting personnel, lattice boom assembly and disassembly, and emergency procedures.

Semester 1

Introduction to Safety, work-zone safety, steel erection, concrete, and masonry, confined spaces and excavations, electrical safety, working from elevations, heavy equipment, forklift, crane safety, and Introduction to materials handling. Integrates Core curricula modules. (This class does not require the Tuesday night Core Course.

Introduction to Safety Technology, hazard recognition, evaluation, control, risk analysis and assessment, inspections, audits, observations, employee motivation, site specific ESH plans, emergency action plans, JSA’s and TSA’s, safety orientation, training, work permit policies, confined space entry procedures, safety meetings, accident investigation: policies, procedures, accident investigation: data analysis, record keeping, OSHA inspection procedures, ESH data tracking and trending, and environmental awareness.

SMAW - Semester 1

Plus Core Class hours (first semester only)

Intro. to Shielded Metal Arc Welding

Welding Safety; SMAW – Equipment and Setup; SMAW – Beads and Fillet Welds; Oxyfuel Cutting; Base Metal Preparation.

SMAW- Semester 2

Structural (plate) Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Weld Quality; Shielded Metal Arc Electrodes; SMAW Groove Welds with Backing.

SMAW- Semester 3

Basic (pipe) Shielded Metal Arc Welding.

Joint Fit-Up and Alignment; SMAW – Open V-Groove Welds; Welding Symbols; Reading Welding Detail Drawings; Air Carbon Arc Cutting and Gouging.

SMAW- Semester 4

Advanced Pipe Shielded Metal Arc Welding

Plasma Arc Cutting; SMAW – Open-Root Pipe Welds

SMAW – GTAW -Semester 5

Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

Reheating and Post-heating of Metals

GTAW – Semester 6

Intermediate Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Equipment and Filler Materials; Plate

GTAW- Semester 7

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Applications – Hands on practice

GTAW- Semester 8

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Applications – Carbon Steel Pipe

Instrumentation Fitter 1

Plus Core Class Hours (first semester only) Hand Tools for Instrumentation, electrical safety, power tools, metallurgy, fasteners, gaskets, packing, lubricants, sealants, cleaners, tubing, piping – 2″ and under, hoses.

Instrumentation Fitter 2

Instrumentation drawings and documents I, craft-related mathematics, principles of welding for instrumentation, panel-mounted instruments, installing field-mounted instruments, raceways for instrumentation, instrument fitter’s math, layout and installation of tubing and piping systems, clean, purge and test of tubing and piping systems.

Instrumentation Fitter 3

Electrical systems for instrumentation; flow, pressure, level, temperature; drawings and documents II; detectors, secondary elements, transducers, transmitters; control valves, actuators, positioners; receive, inspect, handle, piping systems; protective measures for instrumentation.

Instrumentation 4

Process control theory; controllers, recorders, indicators; relays, timers; switches and photo-electric devices; filters, regulators, and dryers; instrumentation theory; grounding/shielding of instruments; and terminating conductors.

Instrumentation 5

Calibration, configuration; perform loop checks; troubleshooting, commissioning a loop; loop tuning; distributed control systems.Analyzers, monitors; digital logic circuits; programmable logic controllers; and analyzers.