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Structural steelwork fabricator (level 2)

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Information about Structural steelwork fabricator (level 2)

Welding on construction projects.

• Knowledge, skills and behaviours:
  View knowledge, skills and behaviours

  Knowledge

  • Be aware of the material grades and various sizes of materials used.
  • Recognise the common component names section descriptions (beam, column, channel, plate, round hollow, square hollow, angle, fin plates, gusset plates, etc).
  • Use the main non powered hand tools needed in steelwork fabrication (hammer, combination square, scriber, measuring tape, chalk, dividers, trammel, etc).
  • Use the main powered equipment needed in steelwork fabrication (grinder, saw, drill, punch, guillotine, thermal cutting equipment, etc).
  • Identify the causes of typical fabrication defects and how their occurrence can be reduced.
  • Be able to identify hazards and basic health, safety and quality requirements.
  • Know how to interpret and work to fabrication drawings and explain basic geometric techniques.
  • Know the basics of quality documents and reporting systems.

  Skills

  • Plan and preparation to ensure production and personal development goals are achieved.
  • Prepare the working area, equipment, consumables and materials for setting out the components to be marked for drilling, cutting, notching, welding or bending.
  • Read and interpret drawings, sketches and weld symbols.
  • Fabricate curved sections, trusses, facetted sections and prepare butt welds.
  • Prepare and use the equipment for bolting connections or welding component parts.
  • Create appropriate jigs to aid repetition work and complex shapes.
  • Complete and dimensionally check the finished fabrication ready for inspection and report into the production control system.
  • Complete fillet welds in at least two positions (downhand, horizontal or vertical).
  • Achieve a quality of work to meet international standards for dimensional inspection.
  • Ensure that health and safety requirements are fully accounted for in all the above.
  • Complete welding tasks to the standard BS EN 9606-1 MAG 135 Flux Cored 136.

  Behaviours

  • A questioning attitude, to understand the: processes used; associated industrial applications; maintaining competence; commitment to personal development
  • Intervention, to challenge poor practices and channel feedback to the right authorities to implement change.
  • Reliability and dependability to consistently deliver expectations in production, quality, work ethics, self-development, teamwork and self motivation.
  • Accountability, to follow the specified procedures and controls and be personally responsible for their production work and personal development.
• Apprenticeship category (sector): Construction and the built environment
• Qualification level: 2; Equal to GCSE
• Course duration: 24 months
• Funding: £5,000 ; Maximum government funding for ; apprenticeship training and assessment costs.

View more information about Structural steelwork fabricator (level 2) from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.