Oct 15, 2024  
2024-2025 Course Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Course Catalog
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AVM 145 - Aircraft Welding

Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech
The course covers the applicable welding procedures associated with materials used to construct aircraft. Proper welding methods for various types of materials will be covered during the course.
Competencies
  1. Students will solder, braze, gas-weld and arc-weld steel.
    1. Prepare surfaces before soldering, brazing, and welding.
    2. Solder electrical and lap joints
    3. Repair steel parts by welding
  2. Fabricate tubular structures
    1. Fabricate tubular steel and repair by welding.
    2. Perform aircraft tubular steel structure welding
    3. Identify characteristics of acceptable welds
    4. Repair dented tubular steel structures
    5. Identify unweldable alloy steels
    6. List tubular structure welding procedures
    7. Utilize corrosion prevention of interior of tubular structures.
    8. Determine tool requirements for tubular steel repair
  3. Solder stainless steel
    1. Demonstrate silver soldering of stainless steel.
    2. List types of solders used on stainless steels
    3. Identify silver soldering techniques
    4. Practice cleaning methods used on materials after soldering
  4. Weld aluminum and stainless steel
    1. Inspect and weld aluminum and stainless steel.
    2. Demonstrate aluminum welding techniques
    3. List uses of stainless steel in aircraft construction
    4. Perform welding of stainless steels
  5. Weld magnesium and titanium
    1. List and perform methods and process of welding magnesium.
    2. List and perform methods and processes of welding titanium.



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