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    Engineering, Fabrication and Welding - Level 1

    Start Date: 1st September 2025

    Newcastle College Energy 11
    • Length 1 year
    • Study Full-Time
    • Location Energy Academy, Wallsend

    Qualification Gained

    Level 1 City and Guilds Certificate in Engineering, Fabrication and Welding

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    More about the course

    This course is ideal if you are looking to develop basic knowledge and technical skills in welding and fabrication.

    You will learn at Newcastle College's Energy Academy, a specialist facility where you will have access to a wide range of industry standard hand-tools, machinery and equipment. You will gain an understanding of welding processes including MMA (manual metal arc), TIG (tungsten inert gas) and flux-core welding, learn thermal cutting techniques (oxy/fuel and plasma) and consider sheet metal/pattern development and platework, all from course tutors with many years of experience working in the industry. 

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    Welding Trades

    Daily tasks:

    • Checks finished workpiece for defects and conformity with specification.
    • Cleans and smoothes weld.
    • Guides electrode or torch along line of weld, burns away damaged areas, and melts brazing alloy or solder into joints.
    • Cuts metal pieces using gas torch or electric arc.
    • Connects wires to power supply, or hoses to oxygen, acetylene, argon, carbon dioxide, electric arc, or other source and adjusts controls to regulate gas pressure and rate of flow.
    • Selects appropriate welding equipment such as electric arc, gas torch, etc..

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