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MTA 1254 - Journeyman Essentials for Shipfitters


Credit(s): 4

Journeyman Essentials for Shipfitters is designed to take seventy-two hours to complete. Instruction methods include lecture, assessment exercises, and labs for performance checks. The first half of this course will provide flame cutting methods, including layout and cutting bevels, chamfers, and circles. Also covers methods used to cut or split common structural components such as beams and bars. Plasma arc cutting equipment and safe work area preparation. Identifies correct amperage, gas pressures, and flow rates. Plasma-arc cutting methods for piercing, slotting, squaring, and beveling metals. How to store equipment and clean the work area. Selection and application of gaskets and packing’s, fit-up tasks, and inspection of finished work. Structural accessories, proper measuring techniques, and creating a materials list.  The second half of this course will cover Dimensional Control Construction Guidance (DCCG), reference control line training, dimensional control concepts, and fitting tolerances. (4,1,6)



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