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Welding Sales Representative

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This course is designed to serve as an overview of important concepts in common welding, cutting, and joining processes. It is focused on a sales, distribution, and manufacturing perspective. Specifically, this course focuses on the basics, equipment, consumables, variables, and disadvantages of common joining and cutting processes (SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, SAW, OFC, PAC, CAC-A, brazing, and soldering). The course also focuses on standard welding terms, safety, shielding gas types, electrical characteristics of welding power sources, and welding procedure specifications and procedure qualification records.
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At a Glance

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Price

Member: $536
Non-member: $715
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Materials Access

60 days

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Length & PDH / CEU

Approximately 13 hours
13 PDHs / 1.3 CEUs

Course Details

  • Who Should Take This Course
  • Prerequisites
  • Objectives
  • Student Learning Outcomes
  • Course Modules
  • The Welding Sales Representative course is ideal for:
  • Welding students
  • Entry-level welders
  • Welding sales personnel

There are no academic or professional prerequisites for taking this course.

This course teaches students how to:

  • Take on the various roles of a welding sales representative
  • Use standard welding terminology
  • Identify and prevent welding safety hazards
  • Analyze when personal protective equipment is necessary and use it properly
  • Comprehend the AWS shielding gas classification system
  • Describe the parts of an electrical circuit, electrical variables, and power source types used in welding
  • Explain the basics of typical welding, thermal cutting, brazing, and soldering processes,
  • Describe the equipment, variables, advantages, and disadvantages inherent to typical welding and cutting processes as well as brazing and soldering
  • Read and fill out a WPS and PQR

Upon completion of the Welding Sales Representative course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the various responsibilities of a welding sales representative and perform competently
  • Identify and use standard welding terminology
  • Avoid common welding hazards through general workplace safety practices and proper use of personal protective equipment
  • Understand the AWS shielding gas and electrode classification systems and use them to select the proper consumables for a particular application
  • Use proper care in storage and handling of industrial gases
  • Explain basic principles of electricity and welding power sources
  • Explain key electrical variables that affect weld quality, including voltage, current, amperage, and polarity
  • Describe the basics, equipment, consumables, and variables of common arc welding and cutting processes: SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, OFC, CAC-A, and PAC
  • Describe the basics, equipment, consumables, and variables of brazing and soldering
  • Select the proper joining or cutting process for a given application
  • Evaluate and fill out welding procedure specifications and procedure qualification records
  • Module 1 - Introduction
  • Module 2 - Standard Welding Terms
  • Module 3 - Safety: Hazards in Welding, Cutting, and Related Processes
  • Module 4 - Safety: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Module 5 - Safety: Procedures in the Work Area
  • Module 6 - Shielding Gases: Introduction
  • Module 7 - Shielding Gases: Classification
  • Module 8 - Electrical Characteristics Part I
  • Module 9 - Electrical Characteristics Part II
  • Module 10 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Module 11 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Consumables
  • Module 12 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding: Process Variables, Advantages, and Disadvantages
  • Module 13 - Gas Metal Arc Welding: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Consumables
  • Module 14 - Gas Metal Arc Welding: Process Variables, Advantages, and Disadvantages
  • Module 15 - Flux Cored Arc Welding: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Consumables
  • Module 16 - Flux Cored Arc Welding: Process Variables, Advantages, and Disadvantages
  • Module 17 - Submerged Arc Welding: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Consumables
  • Module 18 - Submerged Arc Welding: Process Variables, Advantages, and Disadvantages
  • Module 19 - WPSs and PQRs
  • Module 20 - Oxyfuel Gas Cutting: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Consumables
  • Module 21 - Oxyfuel Gas Cutting: Process Variables, Advantages, and Disadvantages
  • Module 22 - Plasma Arc Cutting: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Consumables
  • Module 23 - Plasma Arc Cutting: Process Variables, Advantages, and Disadvantages
  • Module 24 - Air Carbon Arc Cutting: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Consumables
  • Module 25 - Air Carbon Arc Cutting: Process Variables, Advantages, and Disadvantages
  • Module 26 - Brazing
  • Module 27 - Soldering

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the AWS Welding Sales Representative online course and who should take it?
    The Welding Sales Representative course is ideal for welding students, entry-level welders, established welding sales professionals, aspiring Certified Welding Sales Representatives (CWSRs), or anyone looking for Continuing Education Units (CEUs). It is designed to serve as an overview of important concepts in common welding, cutting, and joining processes from a sales, distribution, and manufacturing perspective.
  • Do I need prior welding or sales experience to enroll?
    There are no academic or professional prerequisites for taking this course. It is accessible to anyone looking to build foundational welding sales knowledge, whether they are brand new to the industry or looking to formalize existing experience.
  • How long do I have to complete the course and what do I earn?
    Participants are granted access to the course materials and completion exam for 40 days from the date of registration. In order to earn a printable Certificate of Completion from AWS and 13 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) / 1.3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), a student must attain a score of 75% or higher on the completion exam.
  • Does completing this course make me a Certified Welding Sales Representative (CWSR)?
    No. Passing the final exam for this online course grants the student a digital Certificate of Completion. This is not the same as the Certified Welding Sales Representative (CWSR) credential. In order to become a CWSR, candidates must pass the certification exam offered by the AWS Certification department.
  • Can the PDHs earned count toward AWS recertification requirements?
    Absolutely. Professional Development Hours (PDHs) earned through AWS online courses can be applied toward any certification training requirement, such as those for CWI re-testing or recertification, provided that they are earned within a specified time period.

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