Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding

MIG welding is commonly used to weld a wide variety of heavy steel applications and more delicate, thin metals for example: cars and machinery.

This course is ideal for you if you are a beginner or a welder wishing to gain experience of other welding processes and seeking a basic qualification in welding. You may already have attended a Welding Taster Day or Introduction to Welding course, although this is not necessary.

This is an elementary level of training which will teach you the foundation skills needed to undertake MIG welding for employment in the welding and fabrication sector if you have little or no experience. It is also an excellent programme to develop the skills to support a hobby or interest that you may have.

The course will enable learners to develop skills for safe welding as well as acquiring associated underpinning knowledge to a level that will enable them to produce welded joints in simple welding positions and work with specified materials, thicknesses, and tolerances. The course is entirely practical in the workshop.

During this course you will learn to produce:

• a butt weld in the flat position
• a butt weld in the horizontal/vertical position
• a lap fillet weld in the vertical position
• a tee fillet weld in the vertical position
• a tube-to-plate tee fillet weld in the horizontal/vertical position

You will also learn the process and health & safety requirements for MIG welding.

Industry Equipment

This is an industry-focused programme, during which you will learn using industry-standard welding equipment.

Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and equipment:

• Steel toecap boots
•  Clothes made of non-synthetic fibres
• A notebook and pen

Welding Gauntlets and an EW Welding helmet will be provided.

Course Cost

£450

You will be assessed through the completion of five practical tasks and a written/verbal assessment.

• Good eyesight and physical steadiness are required to safely partake in this course.
• Learners must be 16 years of age or older to attend this course.