welding short course

[carlos spicy wener]

hey guys,

i am interested in doing a welding short course, preferably night classes.

i know polytechnic west have a hobby style course, but only at midland and thornlie.

is there anywhere a bit more NOR worth a mention?

has anyone done a course like this before?

cheers!

[matty12]

Ive been looming at tig courses at the new clarkson tafe for second semester.

[carlos spicy wener]

awesome. i didnt even think of that place. cheers!

just had a look at their website.
there is one starting on 25th of july, goes for 9 weeks. 1 night a week.

its literally a 2 min walk from my house.

[joshg123]

Years ago i did a night course at Balga tafe.

We covered Oxy, tig, mig and arc. Was well worth the semester, from there ive taught myself different processes on the machines. But having a cert for the basic welders is certainly a bonus.

Was pretty well priced also

[4A10SHN]

Didn't you try and weld up dustes manifold?

[matty12]

What sort of welding were you looking at??? TIG MIG ARC Oxy/act???


for me its a tig course but they want numbers before they will commit to it.

[Pr0state]

i recently did the paint course offered by polytechnic TAFE, they do the rust repair and welding course in the room opposite to the paint course. This is at lathlain/welshpool TAFE campus

One of my friends that did the paint course with me also did the rust repair course, which involved:
-prep, welding, bog/filler etc
maybe some fabrication stuff

The courses are great, one night a wk (mine was on mondays) for 2-3 hrs and give you great practical hands on exp

[inks]

Yeah i did the most recent short paint course at Lathlain Tafe, they teach heaps of small things that you wouldn't think about, well worth it!

Theres a link in the this thread and some other info, im assuming prices are similar for the short courses, you can enrol online too

http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=218775

[schnoods]

Did a night TIG course around 10 years ago at Challenger Tafe in Henderson, did the basic then the advanced one, though i did fail my as.1796 weld test i did pick up alot of skills from it.

Best part is they let you do foreigners there (bring a job in to weld/repair) as it saves them in material costs. One bloke was doing a mig course there 4 semesters in a row because it was the cheapest way to build a kit boat lol.

[carlos spicy wener]

Matty - im keen to learn all types of welding, but eventually want to weld stainless and aluminium.
Cheers guys, clarkson seems to be the go.

I called them today, and have got my name and my boss's name on the list.

[fsbk]

sorry to hijack but i presume a fair few of you guys are mechanics in this thread. i've recently been trying to do a lot more work on my own car just for the fun of it, but struggle with a few things (mainly suspension assembly work, so damn complicated). was wondering if there is anything worthwhile that TAFE runs in terms of night courses which basically covers all the fundamentals and gives you a broad idea of how to do most common repairs to a car? or there is no such thing that exists?

[Miggy]

Don't forget about Youtube most things have been covered by someone on there, that's where I always go when I'm stuck on something with my car.

[joshg123]

sorry to hijack but i presume a fair few of you guys are mechanics in this thread. i've recently been trying to do a lot more work on my own car just for the fun of it, but struggle with a few things (mainly suspension assembly work, so damn complicated). was wondering if there is anything worthwhile that TAFE runs in terms of night courses which basically covers all the fundamentals and gives you a broad idea of how to do most common repairs to a car? or there is no such thing that exists?

Pre-apprenticeship is a course you could do that would give you the basics, it is more theory based but has a practical element.

Or could offer to do a arvo a week at a workshop to pick up the moves. Or take a weeks holiday and do a weeks work experience in a shop.

[fsbk]

Pre-apprenticeship is a course you could do that would give you the basics, it is more theory based but has a practical element.

Or could offer to do a arvo a week at a workshop to pick up the moves. Or take a weeks holiday and do a weeks work experience in a shop.

hmm that's an interesting idea. i might have a word to my mechanic who usually does all the big jobs on my car, see if i can hang around the workshop during my uni break. cheers for the advice, didn't think of that!