City and Guilds Award in Welding Skills – Level 2

Level: 2 | Duration: 20 Weeks | Start Date: 11/09/24
Details: Wednesday or Thursday, 6pm – 9pm

Applications for this course for September 2024 are now closed. Applications for September 2025 will open October/November 2024. 

Entry requirements:
The qualifications at Level 2 are designed for those wishing to build on introductory skills acquired at Level 1. They allow candidates to learn, develop and practise the skills required for employment and/or career progression in the engineering sector.

What will this course lead on to?
The qualifications provide knowledge and/or practical skills related to Engineering NVQs at Level 2.

On completion of these qualifications, candidates may progress into employment or to the following City & Guilds qualifications:

• Level 3 Diploma in Engineering (2850)
• Level 3 Awards in Advanced Welding Skills (3268-03)

What will I learn on this course?
Students will select from one of the following disciplines:

• Unit 201 Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding
• Unit 202 Oxy-acetylene welding
• Unit 203 Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding – aluminium
• Unit 204 Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding
• Unit 205 Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding
• Unit 206 Metal fabrication
• Unit 207 Thermal cutting techniques
• Unit 208 Flux cored arc welding

Assessment
For each qualification candidates will be required to complete the following assessments:

• Five practical assignments and one oral knowledge test for each welding unit
• Three practical assignments and one oral knowledge test for the metal fabrication unit
• Three practical assignments and one oral knowledge test for the thermal cutting unit

Full assignment details can be found in the Practical covering TIG, MIG, MMA and Oxy-Acetylene Welding.

Course Cost: £499

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