Title: Perform visual inspection of welds.
Course: Industrial Maintenance Technology (13203-I) > Section: Performing Welding Operations

Demonstrations should include

- visual examination of surfaces of material for serious notches, grooves, or gouges
- visual inspection of tacks, intermediate layers, and completed welds for defects and discontinuities (e.g., undercut, slag inclusion, and overlap)

in accordance with the instructor’s guidelines.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are considerations when selecting a bevel angle?
- What are considerations when selecting a root gap?
- What are possible causes of undercut?
- Define overlap.
- What are possible causes of porosity?
- What is the difference between a discontinuity and a defect?