The aim of the Welding 10, 20, A30, B30 curricula is to provide students with opportunities to acquire knowledge and develop skills used in the welding industry and to become familiar with career opportunities in the welding industry in Saskatchewan.

Awareness: To provide students with experiences and information which delineate possible career and post-secondary education and training choices in the industry.

Communication: To develop the ability to read welding diagrams, and related technical manuals; and,

To practice effective listening and communication skills during tasks.

Health and Safety: To develop an awareness of the responsibility and need for safe procedures that must be followed in the work environment.

Mathematics: To provide students with a practical application of mathematical computations used in the welding industry.

Personal Development: To develop teamwork skills, professional ethics and behaviours, time management and wellness skills.

Articulation: If desired, to provide successful students with the opportunity to challenge the written

Level I examination administered by the Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission and, to enable students to receive time credit towards Journeyperson certification upon registration as an apprentice following completion of all levels of the secondary school courses for that trade.

In today's rapidly changing world, the use of electric arc, oxy-acetylene, and metal inert gas (M.I.G.) welding is ever expanding. A basic understanding of welding skills at the Secondary Level affords students an opportunity to gain experience and/or employment in the private sector. There may also be an opportunity for students who have completed courses to apply for advanced placement in a post-secondary education or training program. Students of welding may be granted time credit should they register as apprentices following high school completion. Some students may choose to study welding for personal use.

Courses in Welding are offered to:

• introduce high school students to specific life skills that have practical lifetime application
• give students the opportunity to investigate career options
• develop specific employability skills that will facilitate entry level employment and/or participation in post-secondary training.

• To enable the student to acquire knowledge and to develop fundamental skills and abilities in Metal Inert Gas (M.I.G.), Oxy-acetylene, and Electric Arc Welding.
• To provide the student with entry level employment skills and to assist the student in making the transition to the workforce in the welding field.
• To enable the student to move into post-secondary training in the welding field with the opportunity to challenge the Level 1 Apprentice examination, if desired.
• To become aware of post-secondary education programs available in welding or related areas.
• To become aware of other related careers requiring skills learned in the welding courses.

Common Essential Learnings Foundational Objectives will be specified also.

The courses may be offered in a variety of learning environments that range from a classroom in a school to an industry work site or other venue.

Professionals in the industry have had input into the program. An optional work study component permits the student to apply academic and school-based learning to workplace settings. Students are provided with an opportunity to experience the work study component at suitable places within the community. Portions of the course relating to skills within the industry may be taught by professionals in the workplace setting.

Students must complete Welding 10 before Welding 20 which must be completed before Welding A30 before B30. Timetabling considerations may allow schools to offer two of the courses sequentially in one semester.

Students who have successfully completed Welding A30 and B30 will have the opportunity to challenge the Level I examination administered by the Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission of Saskatchewan Learning upon completion of high school graduation.

MIG Welding is integrated throughout the various levels of welding courses at the high school level. Modules will be configured into suggested courses.