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Fabrication Math II
The AWS Fabrication Math II course builds upon the lessons learned in Fabrication Math I to explain the concepts, equations, and formulas that welders, welding foremen, welding supervisors and other welding professionals require to estimate, plan, and produce quality welds. The same type of audio narration, animated graphics, examples, and practice problems found in Math I make these more advanced concepts just as easy to understand and remember. Topics include unit conversions, percentages and ratios, and the calculation of area and volume. Please see the course curriculum for a complete list of topics.
At a Glance
Price
Member: $258
Non-member: $344
Non-member: $344
Materials Access
Course: 30 days
Exam: 10 more days
Length & PHD / CEU
Approximately 15 hours
15 PDHs / 1.5 CEUs
Course Details
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Who Should Take This Course
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Prerequisites
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Objectives
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Student Learning Outcomes
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Course Modules
The Fabrication Math II course is ideal for:
- Welders
- Welding foremen
- Welding supervisors
- Production managers
- Welding Sales Representatives
The AWS Fabrication Math II Course only requires that learners understand how to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, fractions and decimals, as well as how to convert fractions, improper fractions, and decimals. These skills are covered in Fabrication Math I.
This course teaches students how to:
- Explain the use of percentages
- Express percentages as fractions
- Convert fractions into decimals
- Find percentages of whole numbers
- Explain the use of ratios
- Calculate and simplify ratios
- Explain the use of rates
- Calculate unit rates
- Calculate rates of speed, distance, and time
- Explain the use of exponents
- Describe how exponents are used in powers of 10
- Describe how exponents are used in scientific notation
- Explain the order of operations in mathematics
- Describe how to accurately perform calculations in the correct order
- Explain the use of conversions
- Describe United States Standard Units
- Describe the metric system
- Convert US Standard Units to metric units and vice versa
- Describe the measurement of temperature
- Explain the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius
- Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, and vice versa
- Explain measurements of time and how to convert them
- Explain the use of lines, line segments, endpoints, rays, parallel, and perpendicular lines
- Explain the use of angles and degrees
- Calculate angles
- Explain two dimensional shapes
- Calculate the area of 2 dimensional, rectangular shapes
- Explain the different types of triangles
- Calculate the area of a triangle
- Explain the Pythagorean theorem
- Explain Heron’s Formula
- Calculate the area of non-right triangles
- Calculate the radius, diameter, circumference, and area of a circle
- Calculate the volume of three-dimensional shapes
- Describe the parts of a cone
- Calculate the volume of a cone
- Calculate the surface area of a cone
- Calculate the volume of a cylinder
- Calculate the surface area of a cylinder
Upon completion of the Fabrication Math II course, students will be able to:
- Explain and apply percentages to welding-related calculations
- Convert between percentages, fractions, and decimals
- Calculate ratios and unit rates and use them to solve welding-related problems
- Use exponents and scientific notation to represent very large or very small numbers that may arise in welding calculations
- Accurately perform calculations using the order of operations
- Convert between different units of measurement, including US Standard Units and the metric system, and apply these conversions to welding calculations
- Describe and use basic geometry concepts, such as lines, angles, and two-dimensional shapes, to solve welding-related problems
- Calculate the area and perimeter of two-dimensional shapes, such as rectangles and triangles
- Apply the Pythagorean theorem and Heron's formula to calculate the area of non-right triangles
- Calculate the circumference, area, and volume of circles, cones, and cylinders, and apply these calculations to welding-related problems
- MODULE 1 – Introduction
- MODULE 2 – Percentages and Ratios
- MODULE 3 – Rates and Ratios
- MODULE 4 – Exponents and Scientific Notation
- MODULE 5 – Order of Operations
- MODULE 6 – Unit Conversions: Metric/U.S. Standard Characteristics
- MODULE 7 – Unit Conversions: Temperature and Time
- MODULE 8 – Lines and Angles
- MODULE 9 – Rectangles and Squares
- MODULE 10 – Area of Right Triangles
- MODULE 11 – Area of Non-Right Triangles
- MODULE 12 – Area of Circles
- MODULE 13 – Three Dimensional Shapes and Volume
- MODULE 14 – Three Dimensional Shapes and Volume: Cones
- MODULE 15 – Three Dimensional Shapes and Volume: Cylinders
Frequently Asked Questions
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Who should take this course?
Welders, welding foremen, welding supervisors, production managers, welding sales representatives and other welding professionals that require the mathematical skills to accurately measure the physical dimensions of welds and calculate the cost of the labor, materials, and equipment required to produce them.
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Do I qualify to take this course?
The AWS Fabrication Math II Course only requires that learners understand how to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, fractions and decimals, as well as how to convert fractions, improper fractions, and decimals. These skills are covered in Fabrication Math I.
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How long do I have to complete this course?
Participants have access to the course content 24 hours a day for a period of 30 days from the date of registration. After this 30-day period, participants will have an additional 10 days to pass the completion exam. The exam can be activated before the end of the 30-day period if the participant has completed all the modules.
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Does this course include a completion exam?
Yes. Participants are prompted to take a completion exam at the conclusion of the final course module. The exam consists of 50 multiple choice questions designed to test the participant’s retention of the subject matter covered in the course. The Completion Exam must be completed within a three-hour period. Participants that do not attain the 75% passing score may attempt to retake the same exam a second time. Participants who attain a score of 75% or more on the completion exam earn an AWS Certificate of Completion and 15 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). The AWS Certificate of Completion can be downloaded and printed directly from the webpage.
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Do I need to purchase any other materials?
No. All the materials and resources necessary to complete the course objectives are included.
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Do I receive Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for completing this course?
Yes. Participants that receive a score of 75% or above on the AWS Fabrication Math II Completion Exam will receive an AWS Certificate of Completion and 15 Professional Development Hours (PDHs).
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Can I use these Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for recertification?
Yes. Professional Development Hours (PDHs) earned through AWS online courses can be applied towards recertification provided the PDH’s are earned during the certification period.
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Do I receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for completing this course?
Yes. Participants that receive a score of 75% or above on the Completion Exam will receive an AWS Certificate of Completion and 1.5 IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
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Will this course help prepare me for the Certified Welding Supervisor Exam?
Yes. The Certified Welding Supervisor Certification Exam contains questions concerning the accurate calculation of weld dimensions and the costs associated with the production of welds. The mathematical skills covered in this course are required to perform those calculations.
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