Intro to MIG and Stick Welding
September 9 – December 9, 2025 | Tuesdays & Fridays
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
WVU Parkersburg Applied Technology Center
$2000
This course will focus on building the appropriate skills and knowledge needed to become MIG and Stick welding certified through classroom knowledge attainment as well as hands-on in the WVU Parkersburg Applied Technology Center welding lab.
*Funding and/or payment plan must be secured by Aug. 26, 2025, two weeks prior to class. A minimum of 5 students and a maximum of 12 students are needed to run the course.
*There will be no class the week of Thanksgiving.
Topics to be Studied:
• Safety
• Equipment
• Welding terms and definitions
• Electrode angles
• Welding nomenclature
• Welding positions
• Joint & welding classification
• Welding quality identification
• Surfacing weld flat position
• T– joints in 2g, 3g and 4g positions
• Bevel plate practicing in all positions
• Striking and controlling arc
• Pad of beads in flat position e6010 and e7018
• Fillet weld horizontal lap joint
• Fillet weld t– joint in all positions
• Bevel plate in all positions
• Guided bend test
• Equipment
• Welding terms and definitions
• Electrode angles
• Welding nomenclature
• Welding positions
• Joint & welding classification
• Welding quality identification
• Surfacing weld flat position
• T– joints in 2g, 3g and 4g positions
• Bevel plate practicing in all positions
• Striking and controlling arc
• Pad of beads in flat position e6010 and e7018
• Fillet weld horizontal lap joint
• Fillet weld t– joint in all positions
• Bevel plate in all positions
• Guided bend test
To register, call (304) 424-8258 or email Abby Campbell.