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WEC 423 Underwater Welding and Cutting Technology

HND2 levelEngineering & Technology15 topics

WEC 423 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Underwater welding fundamentals
  2. Underwater welding equipment
  3. Underwater welding procedures and techniques
  4. Comparison of underwater and surface welds
  5. Underwater cutting principles
  6. Underwater cutting processes
  7. Torch lighting and underwater operation
  8. Arc and gas cutting techniques underwater
  9. Underwater cutting tools and electrodes
  10. Safety precautions in underwater welding and cutting
  11. Hyperbaric welding techniques
  12. Wet welding problems and defects
  13. Underwater inspection and NDT
  14. Underwater repair procedures and maintenance
  15. Standards, classification societies and report writing

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Underwater welding fundamentals

Underwater welding fundamentals cover the physics of welding in a submerged environment, the selection and handling of welding consumables, the safety and procedural requirements, and the key differences between wet and dry welding.

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