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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Welding Safety; Oxygen Acetylene Cutting; Oxygen-Acetylene
Welding; Oxygen-Acetylene Brazing; Testing
Duration - 5 weeks
Lectures - 1 hour/week
Laboratory - 7 hours/week
WKPR 1108 (Machine Shop)
This is an introductory course designed to give instruction and
hands-on practice in metrology, basic lathe operations, and the
use and maintenance of bench grinders.
Introduction to Machine Shop; Lathe Components and Their
Functions; Use, Care, and Maintenance of the Lathe; Use, Care,
and Maintenance of Bench and Pedestal Grinders; HSS and
Carbide Tool Bit Terminology and Geometry; HSS Tool Grinding;
Spandex Nose Tooling; Methods of Chucking; Metrology;
Machining of 60-degree External and Internal Unified Thread;
Thread Terminology
Duration - 5 weeks
Lectures - 1 hour/week
Laboratory - 7 hours/week
WKPR 1109 (Welding Shop I)
This course is designed to provide students with theoretical and
practical oxygen/acetylene gas cutting and welding skills suitable
for the marine environment.
Welding Safety; Oxygen-Acetylene Cutting; Oxygen-Acetylene
Welding; Oxygen-Acetylene Brazing; Testing
Duration - 5 weeks
Lecture - 1 hour/week
Laboratories - 7 hours/week
WKPR 1110 (Fitting Shop I)
This is a skills training course designed to teach the student
how to identify, select and safely use proper tools for given
applications.
Shop Safety, Hand Tools and Wrenches, Electric and Pneumatic
Hand Tools, Metrology, Copper Pipe and Tubing, Sealing
Arrangements
Duration - 13 weeks
Lecture - 0 hours a week = 0 hours total
Laboratories - 3 hours a week = 39 hours total
WKPR 1117 (Machine Shop I)
This is an introductory skills training course designed to give
the student instruction and hands-on practice in basic lathe
operations and bench grinders.
Introduction to Machine Shop; Lathe Components and their
Functions; Use, Care, and Maintenance of the Lathe; Use, Care,
and Maintenance of Bench and Pedestal Grinders; HSS and
Carbide Tool Bit Terminology and Geometry; HSS Tool Grinding;
Spindle Nose Tooling; Methods of Chucking; Machining 60-degree
External and Internal Unified Thread; Thread Terminology.
Duration - 13 weeks/4 hours
Laboratory - 4 hours/week = 52 hours
WKPR 2104 (Fitting Shop)
This is a pre-employment skills training course designed to give
the student practice in identifying and selecting the proper tools
for a given application. The students will also practice the safe
and proper use of these tools.
Special Tools; Metal Fasteners; Rigging; Minor Overhaul and Repair
Prerequisite - WKPR 1106 (Fitting Shop) or equivalent
Duration - 5 weeks
Lectures - 1 hour/week
Laboratory - 7 hours/week
WKPR 2107 (Welding Shop)
This course is designed to give the student fundamental
theoretical knowledge and to develop practical skills in electric
arc welding.
Welding Safety; Metal Preparation; Electrode Selection; Welding
Processes; Metallurgy of Welds; Welding Positions; Electric Arc
Welding Processes; Destructive/Non-Destructive Testing
Prerequisite - WKPR 1107 (Welding Shop) or equivalent
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 2 hours/week
Shop Work - 6 hours/week
WKPR 2108 (Machine Shop)
This course is designed to add to, and to further develop skills
acquired in WKPR 1108 (Machine Shop). The student will be
given instruction and hands-on practice in the speeds and feeds
for various machining operations, cutting fluids, power saws,
drills and drilling (lathe), and taper turning, as well as in the use
of steady and follower rests, and other lathe operations such
as boring, reaming, knurling, parting, recessing, tapping, milling
machine speeds and feeds, indexing head, and machining of spur
gears, machine ability of various metals, uses of Acme Threads,
machining of Acme Threads, uses of Square Threads, machining
of Square Threads, Tool Bit Grinding and Drill Bit Sharpening.
Cutting Speeds and Feeds; Cutting Fluids; Sawing Machines;
Drills and Drilling (Lathe); Taper Turning; Other Lathe Operations;
Use of Steady and Follower Rests; Indexing Heads; Spur Gear
Cutting; Machine Ability; Acme Threads; Square Threads; Tool Bit
Grinding; Drill Bit Sharpening
Prerequisite - WKPR 1108 (Machine Shop) or equivalent
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 2 hours/week
Laboratories - 6 hours/week
WKPR 2113 (Welding II)
This course is designed to provide students with theoretical and
practical oxygen/acetylene gas cutting and electric arc welding
knowledge that will permit them to develop skills suitable for the
marine environment.
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