MEM05018 - Perform advanced welding using gas metal arc welding process

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines. Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills: - following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices; - identifying and interpreting specifications from drawings, sketches and verbal or written job instructions for performing advanced welding using gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process to AS 1554 Structural Purpose; - selecting appropriate weld and joint preparation methods; - consistently weld materials to AS 1554 Structural Purpose or equivalent using AC or DC welding machines and electrodes while preventing distortion; - rectifying any defects, and; - completing and maintaining weld records related to GMAW Structural Purpose onto standard workplace forms.Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge: - safe welding practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE); - in-depth knowledge of the properties and characteristics of a wide range of materials; - requirements to conform to AS 1554 Structural Purpose or equivalent; - weld procedures and requirements; - different welder identification systems, including numbering, bar coding, paint coding and letter stamps, and; - causes of weld defects and methods of rectification.