Are you looking for a career making and fixing all things mechanical?
When you complete the Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Heavy/Welding YH) you'll be looking at a trades career as a boilermaker, welder, or fabricator in industries such as mining or construction.
You will gain the skills and knowledge to create and work with metal fabrications, using workshop machines, hand and power tools, metal, gas, flux core, tungsten, arc welding, thermal cutting, measuring, technical drawing, and workplace health and safety.
The Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Heavy/Welding YH) is an apprenticeship: you must be employed in a training contract by an appropriate organisation to study. Please see the Apprenticeships section for more information.
Entrance Requirements
Study pathway
Job opportunities
Your qualification prepares you for roles such as:
When you complete the Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Heavy/Welding YH) you'll be looking at a trades career as a boilermaker, welder, or fabricator in industries such as mining or construction.
For information about jobs and pathways, please see
http://joboutlook.gov.au/
Delivery location, important dates and study options
Overview
Fees and charges
Units
How to apply
Important information
Course Overview
| Where |
Henderson Rockingham Thornlie |
| Duration | |
| How | Apprenticeship |
| When | Available Semester 1, 2018 |
Please contact the college to receive an indicative price for this course.
View our 2017 Indicative Fees list.
These fees are indicative only for students enrolling in government funded courses on a full time basis.
The indicative fees for a course may differ between training providers due to the units they have included in the course outline. These differences generally result from adapting courses to meet local industry needs. The actual cost of a course will also vary if different electives are chosen by the student.
Other charges may apply.
VET Student Loans
Students in an eligible diploma qualifications and above may be assisted through a loan under the Commonwealth Government's VET Student Loan scheme. For more information on entrance requirements and eligible course list please see www.education.gov.au/vet-student-loans
For information on VET Student Loans at South Metropolitan TAFE please visit the Student Loans page.
International students
Fees, charges, available locations, applications, and enrolment procedures for international students are different to those applicable to local students.
International students can only study full-time.
For information on international student fees and application, please follow this link to the TAFE International WA website
The units in Traineeships and Apprenticeships are customised according to the individual Training Agreement that is negotiated with the employer and may vary (within the Qualification rules) in each case.
Phase 1| Unit Title | National ID | Unit of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Apply principles of occupational health and safety in the work environment | MEM13014A | W5502 |
| Apply quality procedures | MEM15024A | W5531 |
| Carry out mechanical cutting | MEM05005B | W5331 |
| Interpret technical drawing | MEM09002B | W5418 |
| Perform engineering measurements | MEM12023A | W5492 |
| Perform manual heating and thermal cutting | MEM05007C | W5333 |
| Perform routine gas metal arc welding | MEM05050B | W5326 |
| Perform routine manual metal arc welding | MEM05012C | W5294 |
| Use power tools/hand held operations | MEM18002B | W5574 |
| Unit Title | National ID | Unit of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Apply safe welding practices | MEM05052A | W5328 |
| Mark off/out structural fabrications and shapes | MEM12007D | WA651 |
| Perform advanced manual thermal cutting, gouging and shaping | MEM05008C | W5334 |
| Perform computations | MEM12024A | W5449 |
| Perform routine gas tungsten arc welding | MEM05049B | W5324 |
| Plan to undertake a routine task | MEM14004A | W5512 |
| Select welding processes | MEM05051A | W5327 |
| Use hand tools | MEM18001C | W5563 |
| Work with others in a manufacturing, engineering or related environment | MEM16007A | W5548 |
| Unit Title | National ID | Unit of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Assist in the provision of on the job training | MEM17003A | W5552 |
| Organise and communicate information | MEM16006A | W5451 |
| Perform geometric development | MEM05037C | WA646 |
| Weld using flux core arc welding process | MEM05047B | W5322 |
| Weld using gas metal arc welding process | MEM05017D | WA643 |
| Unit Title | National ID | Unit of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Apply fabrication, forming and shaping techniques | MEM05010C | WA640 |
| Apply quality systems | MEM15002A | W5532 |
| Prepare basic engineering drawing | MEM09003B | W5419 |
| Unit Title | National ID | Unit of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Assemble fabricated components | MEM05011D | WA641 |
| Interact with computing technology | MEM16008A | W5452 |
| Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | MSAENV272B | D3655 |
| Plan a complete activity | MEM14005A | W5513 |
| Weld using gas tungsten arc welding process | MEM05019D | WA644 |
| Weld using manual metal arc welding process | MEM05015D | WA642 |
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