Welding courses?

dollydishmop

Hi all

New here...but have a growing collection of old vehicles...in various states of disrepair:D

Anyone know of any courses for welding? Had a look at the FAS website, but find it stupid to navigate and I don't have enough patience. And the only course I could see was 17 weeks full-time...I thought that was a bit excessive :rolleyes:

I'm in the midlands...and will travel if I have to, but would prefer a local course.

Thanks in advance

TigerTim

Fas usually run night classes in welding but it seems to always be ARC welding. It's really MIG welding you would need for panel repair. I did the course a few years ago & found it very good. The quickest way to find out is to phone your local FAS office. They may be starting night classes after Christmas.

T

dollydishmop

Cheers Tim

I'll give them a ring and see what I can find out . Hate their website though

JohnBoy

CIT run night courses in welding. might be a bit away

dollydishmop

Hunting on the internet yesterday evening and I found a great website www.qualifax.ie (are we allowed to put urls up here?)

Anyway...found loads of 8-10 week evening welding courses near me, but all started in September :rolleyes: So, have contacted all the institutions running these local courses to see if they start again in January.

Anyway, thought the link would be handy for others in my predicament, looking for local welding courses.

Thanks to all for your help, both on this thread, and through PM....all much apprecaited.

Will let you all know if I get on a course or not...and how my restos go

NEVCC

Don’t be shy now; what in the growing collection picks would be good. Even the ones in disrepair.

dollydishmop

No pics to hand...

But starting with the youngest

'84 VW T3...rolling resto, my daily driver...mainly just needs cosmetic work and necessary mechanical maintenance to keep it functioning as my daily driver.
'71 VW bay window pickup...runs and drives, just needs tidying up and a bit of tlc. Don't intend to make it show quality, it kind of suits being a little ratty...as long as its solid ratty, if you know what I mean.
'70 VW Beetle...needs a complete resto from bottom to top, front to back...definitely seen better days.

1300e mk1

Hi
I am doing a night course in arc welding in Fas in Galway its a great course. It cost €190 for 10 nights and is worth every penny. I only wanted to do the Mig course but you must do the arc first and then do the mig the next set of courses start in January
Regards
Tom
Editor
Irish Vintage Scene
Irelands only vintage magazine

kikel

Keep looking other possibilities available before January

dollydishmop

Thanks Kikel, lots of possibilites for welding courses. I'll keep looking

dollydishmop

Well, started a welding course last night. €90 for 8 weeks.

Lovin' it! So far so good

MercMad

Where is it on??

kikel

€90 is pretty good for a 8 week course. You'll be a master welder in no time.

andyj22

MiG Welding is my speciality with gas or without~ self trained and i think I'm one of the best welders around i will make a short video tomm and show you a little to how it is done

Adam

dollydishmop

MercMad wrote:

Where is it on??

Colaiste Mhuire, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny

barthek

andyj22 wrote:

MiG Welding is my speciality with gas or without~ self trained and i think I'm one of the best welders around i will make a short video tomm and show you a little to how it is done

Adam

wheres the movie Adam?

Gerry

"I think I'm one of the best welders around" - legend stuff

R.S.D

andyj22 wrote:

i think I'm one of the best welders around i will make a short video tomm and show you a little to how it is done

Adam

No your not i am..... Have been for the last 20 years....

However I am not self trained

bundyae85

Howdy
Does anyone know where you can do coded welding course in this country tried FAS.ie and lost my rag trying to use they're epic website
any help appreciated!!!
Cheers.

dollydishmop wrote: »

Hunting on the internet yesterday evening and I found a great website www.qualifax.ie (are we allowed to put urls up here?)

Anyway...found loads of 8-10 week evening welding courses near me, but all started in September :rolleyes: So, have contacted all the institutions running these local courses to see if they start again in January.

tried above site can't find any welding courses on here?????? HELP!!!! :P

Redrocket

Welcome to boards....

Re website change: Well the thread is 2 years old, i know searching is encouraged on the forum how-ever this outdated. (can't win can ya!)

I'd say give FAS a ring??? I imagine that every manual labour guy out of work will be trying to do re-train themselves in a similar manual labour position, possibly welding, so maybe courses will be booked out??

Why do you want to do coded welding? If its for a job i'd say check the industry for work first, If it's for hobby then why do you need to do coded?



@AndyJ, where's your damn video???

welder

Did my coded tig course in DIT Bolton St. 5yrs ago.
Great instructors and courses available daytime or
evening time. They also do Mig(albeit on heavy plate
not car body type thickness) ,stick and gas courses.
Even back then great demand for courses,I would say
even more demand now with people taking advantage
of lack of work to upskill.

bundyae85

Redrocket wrote: »

Welcome to boards....

Re website change: Well the thread is 2 years old, i know searching is encouraged on the forum how-ever this outdated. (can't win can ya!)

I'd say give FAS a ring??? I imagine that every manual labour guy out of work will be trying to do re-train themselves in a similar manual labour position, possibly welding, so maybe courses will be booked out??

Why do you want to do coded welding? If its for a job i'd say check the industry for work first, If it's for hobby then why do you need to do coded?

inquiring for a friend wanting to return to australia/new zealand, and he requires coded welding for better working positions over there,
any help appreciated,
cheers.

superfly35

Hi everyone,

I am in Dublin, and I have the same problem as you I like classic car.
I have got porsche 924 to repair, but I need to be able to weld and I never done it before so I would like to find a evening courses to sort me out.

Then I will be able to fix my little baby ;-)

Do you have any idea where I can find this?

I have tryied qualifax.ie but the site is not working properly, and FAS web site is not really good.

Any idea where I can find these courses?

Cheers
Superfly

crazzzzy

CIT & LIT both do coded welding courses but they start in sept

Anyone got any details of any other courses?

manta mad

welding course,s not starting with fas till end of january

so i was told by fas yesterday .
had to register with them yesterday & they put me on a waiting list for evening course,s in tallaght .which will take about 2/3 weeks .

this is for 2 evenings a week monday & tuesday & its for basic welding/beginners .
then you move on to the next level in febuary .
which their is also a waiting list for :rolleyes:

so it cant hurt to go in and ask them to put you on the list , i suppose

was also told by the same fas employie that their available courses are booked out by NON IRISH

w123

manta mad wrote: »

was also told by the same fas employie that their available courses are booked out by NON IRISH

Who have worked here for the last few years, paid taxes and PRSI and now want different skills - the cheek!

While your IRISH fas employee works 33 hrs a week, can't lose his job, guaranteed goldplated pension and takes an verage of 15 sickies a year - the poor fellow having to deal with these NON IRISH:eek:

manta mad

the poor fellows indeed !!!!!!!!!!!!!

GSF17

Started on the Welding course at Tallaght, was told that it was ARC, MIG & TIG.
Got there and was told it was just ARC now... But you get a certificate at the end of it !!
Suggested dropping the course price for No exam or certificate.. and was told "FAS is a training Acedemy and you Always get a certificate !! "

So still on the look out for a simple MIG welding course... anyone any ideas around Dublin

superfly35

HI GSF17,

I have done the training in Tallaght last november on the evening, and I manage to do Arc, MIG, Gas.
I had a chat with the instructor John (If I reckon correctly).

Did you get a chance to speak to him?

I explained to him that I wanted to do car restortion so I wanted to have a go on MIG and it was no problem.
At the second courses he gave me a head up on MIG, then I spent 15 hours on it, and the other 15 hours on GAS.
I have to say that I enjoy the course.

About the certifcate and all, it is just a piece of paper. They give it to you if you attempt to all the courses roughfly, there is no exam.

Having say that, the price of the course was 300 euro get you setup on MIG will be about that price, then go the steel supplier and get some thick material for trying.
Maybe you can get yourself a book about Welding, it will give you a bit of theory. Welding is mostly pratice anyway.

Which course did you attempt too?
I hope it helps your matter.

Cheers
Superfly

knipex

For qanyoen intersted in learnign how to mig weld to repair cars.

Most of the courses are based on thinker sheet metal which is a completely differnt type of welding to what you will need.

My advice (for what its worth)

Buy a mig welder (why would you be doing the course if you dont intend on buying a welder)

You don't need to spend big money or buy a huge welder. Personally I like the Clarke range, the 135TE makes a decent DIY welder for body work. Just avoid the cheap Chinese e-bay ones. Open an account with BOC or Airproducts or who ever and get a cylinder of Argosheild.

Go to your motor factors and buy the cheapest wing or panel you can find.

Go on the web, visit sites like http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/

and start practicing.

Within an hour you should be able to start work on your car.

8~)

What knipex said... is exactly what I did. Except I got a Clarke 151TE.

Background was that I had the rusty car, could not find anyone who would take it on, could not find a welding course, so I went ahead and bought the welder and went from there.

In my limited experience car bodywork is the most difficult DIY welding you're likely to encounter. So get that right and you'll be great at the heavier jobs.

knipex

8~) wrote: »

What knipex said... is exactly what I did. Except I got a Clarke 151TE.

Background was that I had the rusty car, could not find anyone who would take it on, could not find a welding course, so I went ahead and bought the welder and went from there.

Beign honest if I had the time back I would have bought the 150TE as well but at the time there was a big difference in price.

In saying that I did weld a large wrought Iron railing, gate and set of banisters for a stairs using my 135.

superfly35

I have to say that it seems a good idea to me.
To get the gear and practice, I did but the money of the course in a mig welder I would have make some saving.

GSF17

FYI Superfly,They have scraped the MIG welders, in a big pile as GAS is to expensive for students, as it would mean a cut on the expenses.

We where advised to try and get a refund, as Training was NOT the FAS approach now... Certificates an dhead counts on passes is.

Will go down the scrappy and get some old wing etc to play with..thanks for that idea..

superfly35

That's a shame!!
So the way to go for you is a book about welding if you are interested by the theory of welding.

On the website www.mig-weldding.co.uk, you will see there are selling equipment, if you prefer a local supplier I know 2 shops arround tallaght.

If you are arround tallaght maybe go to heiton steel to get some heavy stell it will be about 10 euro for 4 m of 2 ml thickness.
I think it is easier to understand how welding is working on thick material.

Then get some light steel like 1.0 get and try you will see it is really different and it does go through.

What do you want to weld btw?

Cheers

Anne 40

:rolleyes: Anyone know any welding courses for beginners in Co Clare? I'm fed up with asking someone else to do the welding for me on gates etc!

antodeco

You could ask someone here to teach you. If they started when this thread began, they're probably professors by now

Anne 40

LOL! I would like a certificate of proficiency tho..:eek: