Fleming College

Communications 1 for Trades & Technology is an introductory course that provides a foundation in college-level communications. In this course, students learn to read critically, write appropriately for a variety of audiences, conduct research, cite references, revise for clarity and correctness, and present those results in various formats. In seminars, labs, and modules students will engage in both independent and collaborative activities relevant to Trades & Technology fields, including the development and presentation of a research assignment to help them become more effective communicators in academic and professional contexts.

This course covers the use of operating systems and how to utilize the internet to generate professional reports and quotations. Students will develop the skills and abilities to produce technical and business reports used in the industry. Using relevant computer applications, students will learn to apply systematic record keeping processes used for operating a small business.

This course will introduce students to the common hand and power tools used in the welding and fabrication trades. Students will be required to demonstrate their understanding of the safe operation and proper use of these hand and power tools.

This course has been designed for students entering trades and technology programs. The course will cover current legislation (O.H.S.A.) and health and safety procedures used in the industry. Students will obtain fundamental level safety certification in WHMIS, Fall Protection, Confined Space Identification, and Hoisting and Rigging. The theory for this course will be offered online and the application component will offered onsite.

This course provides students with basic knowledge and skills used to interpret architectural drawings. Students will develop drawing layouts and plans using various symbols specific to various trades. An emphasis will be placed on developing the learner's ability to visualize three dimensional objects from two dimensional orthographic drawings.

This entry level course will introduce students to the semi-automatic welding processes. The course will include topics such as welding safety, equipment set-up and maintenance, operation, and introductory level welding skills with a focus on the gas metal arc welding process (GMAW) on carbon steel. The student will be assessed on theoretical as well as practical skills demonstrating an ability to safely operate a semi-automatic welding process.

Co-Requisites

• Hand & Power Tool Safety (MECH 380)

This entry level course will introduce students to the shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) process. The course will include topics such as welding safety, equipment set-up and maintenance, operation, and introductory level welding skills with a variety of welding electrodes on carbon steel. The student will be assessed on theoretical as well as practical skills demonstrating an ability to safely operate the SMAW process.

Co-Requisites

• Hand & Power Tool Safety (MECH 380)

This entry level course will introduce students to the oxyfuel welding, brazing and cutting processes as well as the plasma arc cutting process. The course will include topics such as welding safety, equipment set-up and maintenance, operation and introductory level welding and brazing skills with the oxyfuel process as well as cutting skills with oxyfuel and plasma arc processes. The student will be assessed on theoretical as well as practical skills demonstrating an ability to safely operate oxyfuel brazing, welding and cutting and plasma cutting processes.

Co-Requisites

• Hand & Power Tool Safety (MECH 380)

This course will enable students to apply specific trade related mathematical concepts and acquire foundational skills important in the fields of Construction, Welding, Plumbing, Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning. It is designed to complement and reinforce learning within other trades courses and program areas.

This course will introduce students to engineering blue prints, technical drawings, welding specifications, and welding symbols utilized to detail various weld requirements. Students will interpret simple joints, line types, weld types or cuts specified in a technical drawing and use this information to setup and perform layout details as per drawings.

Pre-Requisites

• Prints and Drafting (MECH 252)

This entry level course will introduce students to the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process. The course will cover welding safety, equipment set-up and maintenance, operation, and introductory level welding skills with the GTAW process on carbon steel in the flat and horizontal positions. The student will be assessed on practical skills demonstrating an ability to safely operate the GTAW process and produce welds in the flat and horizontal positions on carbon steel.

Pre-Requisites

• Thermal Processes I (MECH 381)
• Hand & Power Tool Safety (MECH 380)

This course builds on practical applications covered in Semi-Automatic Processes I. Students will perform fillet and groove welds using the gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW) and metal cored arc welding (MCAW) processes on carbon steel in the flat, horizontal and vertical positions. The student will be assessed on their ability to produce welds in the flat, horizontal and vertical positions on carbon steel.

Pre-Requisites

• Semi-Automatic Processes I (MECH 382)
• Hand & Power Tool Safety (MECH 380)

Co-Requisites

• Applied Blue Print Reading for Welders (CNST 162)

This course builds on practical applications covered in SMAW I. Students will perform fillet and groove welds using the SMAW process on carbon steel in the flat and horizontal positions. The student will be assessed on their ability to produce welds in the flat and horizontal positions on carbon steel. Students are provided with an opportunity to earn a CSA W47.1 standard welding ticket in an approved process of their choice.

Pre-Requisites

• Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (MECH 383)
• Hand & Power Tool Safety (MECH 380)

This course introduces students to the process of developing a professional portfolio. Students will be encouraged to document their learning and archive their applied experience throughout the program. The professional portfolio is the capstone project required for all students in the trades and technology programs. Students will assemble written, graphic and/or video evidence demonstrating the skills and abilities acquired through their program of study.

Pre-Requisites

• Communications I (COMM 201)

This course will enable students to apply specific trade related mathematical concepts and acquire foundation skills important in the fields of Construction, Welding and Plumbing. The material covered in this course builds on the material covered in Trades Calculations I.

Pre-Requisites

• Trade Calculations I (MATH 130)

This theoretical course will cover the fundamentals for processes such as FCAW, MCAW, GTAW, SAW, PAW and their respective components and consumables. An entry level understanding to metallurgy, the steel making process, welding codes and standards, weld faults and inspection processes will also be covered.

All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.

Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.

Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.

You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.

This course builds on the practical applications covered in GTAW I. Students perform fillet and groove welds in carbon steel in all positions. The student will be given the opportunity to work with stainless steel in the flat and horizontal positions with both GTAW and PAW. Students will learn to weld aluminum in the flat, horizontal and vertical positions. The student will demonstrate an ability to use the GTAW process in all positions on carbon steel, flat and horizontal positions on stainless steel and the flat horizontal and vertical positions on aluminum alloys.

Pre-Requisites

• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding I (MECH 261)

This theoretical course will build on the students understanding of the metal making processes and give them a working knowledge of metallurgy required for working in the welding and fabrication industries. The student will be able to explain how materials are made and the effects of welding on the metallurgical properties of steel.

Pre-Requisites

• Welding Fundamentals (MECH 258)

This course builds on the practical applications covered in Applied Blueprint Reading for Welders. Students will analyze technical drawings and use this information to create detailed part drawings, templates, bills of material, cut lists, and to estimate weight and costs of projects. Students will analyze technical drawings and use this information along with bill of materials to estimate weight and costs of projects. Labs will focus on theory/demonstrations and students will perform basic layout details as per drawings on various surfaces.

Pre-Requisites

• Trade Calculations II (MATH 131)
• Applied Blue Print Reading for Welders (CNST 162)

Students will be introduced to project management and learn how to use project management software to manage an applied project. Project planning from project inception to completion and project management details will be emphasized.

This intermediate level course builds on practical applications covered in Semi-Automatic Processes I and II. Students will perform fillet and groove welds using the GMAW and FCAW processes on carbon steel in all positions. The student will use the GMAW process to produce welds on stainless steel and aluminum alloys. The student will demonstrate and ability to use the GMAW and FCAW processes in all positions on carbon steel as well as the GMAW process on stainless steel and aluminum alloys in the flat position.

Pre-Requisites

• Semi-Automatic Processes II (MECH 400)

This intermediate level course builds on the practical applications covered in SMAW I and II. Students will perform fillet and groove welds using the SMAW process in all positions on carbon steel. Students will be introduced to welding stainless steel as well as open root welding on carbon steel in the flat position. The student will demonstrate an ability to weld fillet and groove welds in all positions, open root welds in the flat position and welding on stainless steel. The student will be preparing and performing destructive tests on their completed welds.

Pre-Requisites

• Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (MECH 300)

This course will cover theory and application of visual inspection with respect to welded assemblies used in the welding and fabrication industries. A working knowledge of non-destructive welding examination will also be covered. The student will be required to evaluate welded assemblies to detect and differentiate between discontinuities and defects. The student will be able to describe various non-destructive examination methods and have an understanding of their practical use.

Pre-Requisites

• Welding Fundamentals (MECH 258)

All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.

Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.

Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.

You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.

In this course students will work on projects applying layout and fabrication techniques used in the structural (CSA) and pressure fitting (ASME) industry.

Pre-Requisites

• Project Management (MGMT 228)
• Layout and Fitting Practices I (CNST 177)

Co-Requisites

• Shielded Metal Arc Welding IV (MECH 285)
• Semi-Automatic Processes IV (MECH 286)
• GasTungsten Arc Welding III (MECH 287)

This course introduces students to the entrepreneurial skills required to operate a small business as well as be an effective member of a business team. Students will be required to create a small business plan.

This course builds on the practical applications covered in GTAW I and II. The student will perform GTAW and progress through the basic full penetration pipe weld positions 1G (rotated), 2G, 5G and 6G in carbon steel. The students will assert this practical knowledge and perform pipe welding on an applied project to simulate an industrial application. Students will be given the opportunity to apply GTAW to weld stainless steel pipe in the 6G position.

Pre-Requisites

• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding II (MECH 282)

Co-Requisites

• Applied Layout & Fabrication (MECH 284)

This introductory-level course uses the concepts learned in Applied Blueprint Reading for Welders as well as Layout and Fitting Practices I to provide a working knowledge of using software to create part drawings and transfer these to CNC cutting equipment. The student will demonstrate the ability to produce part drawings and transfer these drawings into cut parts.

Pre-Requisites

• Layout and Fitting Practices I (CNST 177)
• Computer Skills in Trades (COMP 370)
• Applied Blue Print Reading for Welders (CNST 162)

This course provides students with an opportunity to apply project management skills to a welding project. The applied project for the Layout and Fitting course will coincide with the application of project management skills in this course. Students will manage a welding project in this course.

Pre-Requisites

• Project Management (MGMT 228)

This intermediate level course builds on practical applications covered in Semi-Automatic Processes I, II and III. Students will apply their knowledge of semi-automatic welding processes to complete the welding of an applied project. The student will be required to complete welding tests to create parameter guidelines for the completion of the applied projects. Students will also learn to operate submerged arc welding and stud welding equipment.

Pre-Requisites

• Semi- Automatic Processes III (MECH 281)

Co-Requisites

• Applied Layout & Fabrication (MECH 284)

This intermediate level course builds on practical applications covered in SMAW I, II and III. The student will use the SMAW process to produce fillet and groove welds in the vertical and overhead positions on carbon steel and complete the welding of an applied project. The student will be assessed on their ability to produce welds in the vertical and overhead positions on carbon steel and their ability to complete an applied project. Students are provided with an opportunity to earn a CSA W47.1 standard welding ticket in an approved process of their choice.

Pre-Requisites

• Shielded Metal Arc Welding III (MECH 280)

Co-Requisites

• Applied Layout & Fabrication (MECH 284)

All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.

Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.

Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.

You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.