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Welding Symbols and Print Reading

Welding TechnologySchool of Trades

Start Term

2025-2026

Course Title

Welding Symbols and Print Reading

Course Code

TEWT1020

Course Hours

60

Course Credits

2

Description

This course teaches students to interpret prints and drawings including welding symbols used in the welding and fabrication industries. Engineering drawings are introduced as the medium by which the engineer, project manager, and/or draftsman communicates instructions to production welding personnel.

Upon course completion, students will be able to:

• Identify various American Welding Society (AWS) welding symbols.

• Identify basic line types used in mechanical drawings.

• Demonstrate basic sketching techniques and object representations.

• Create alternate views from existing views.

• Use drawing notes, specifications, title blocks, and bills of materials correctly.