PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Regulatory technical documentation (standards EN ISO 17637, EN ISO 6520-1, EN ISO 5817).
2. Methods and equipment for non-destructive testing (NDT) of seams.
3. Regulatory technical documentation for the evaluation of welded items.
4. Non-destructive testing methods (standards EN ISO 17637, EN ISO 17636).
5. Destructive testing methods (for example, EN ISO 9017).
At the comprehension level:
1. Marking of personal protection equipment (welding face shields, filters, respirators).
2. Shielding gas cylinders and their suitability for work.
3. Technological documentation of MAG welding.
4. Technical documentation of welding works.
5. Physical, chemical, mechanical, and technological properties of steel.
6. Physical, chemical, mechanical, and technological properties of filler materials and auxiliary materials.
7. Types of mechanical cleaning equipment.
8. Ways of cleaning metal surfaces.
9. Technology of MAG welding works.
10. Ways of preparing the edges of parts and workpieces.
11. Selection of mounting gaps (standard EN ISO 9692-1).
12. Determination of the positional alignment of assembly.
13. Measuring and control methods.
14. Types of welding wires.
15. Welding seams and sequence of performing welding works.
16. Effect of stress and distortion on the geometry of the item or reference sample.
At the application level:
1. Selection of personal protective equipment in accordance with the marking and its use.
2. Use of collective protective equipment.
3. Protective equipment of manual electrical instruments.
4. Manual instruments to ensure pre-welding and after-welding works.
5. Auxiliary devices for the assembly of the parts to be welded before the welding.
6. Protective devices of MAG welding machines and their compliance with safety requirements.
7. Welding cables and their compliance with labour protection requirements.
8. Casing of the welding hose package.
9. Welding torches and their compliance with the work task.
10. Operating instruction of the MAG welding machine.
11. Reading of drawings.
12. Designations of welding seams.
13. Designations of the welding procedure specification:
– joints;
– parent material groups;
– filler materials;
– auxiliary materials;
– welding positions;
– welding elements;
– processing of edges;
– welding modes.
14. Structure of the MAG welding machine.
15. MAG welding torches and their components.
16. Shielding gases in the welding process.
17. Types of auxiliary devices for securing workpieces and parts in different spatial positions.
18. Designations of the parent material.
19. Techniques for applying measuring instruments.
20. Designations of filler materials (standards EN ISO 14341, EN ISO 14343) and auxiliary materials.
21. Application of cleaning agents.
22. Safe use of chemical agents.
23. Mechanical cleaning of metal surfaces.
24. Application of edge processing machines and instruments.
25. Ways to secure parts.
26. Application of auxiliary devices for securing parts and workpieces.
27. Use of welding tables.
28. Techniques for securing parts and workpieces in auxiliary devices.
29. Completion of the MAG welding machine.
30. Use of welding equipment.
31. MAG welding technology.
32. Completion of the welding torch and its components.
33. Application of welding modes for welding materials of different thickness.
34. Use of shielding gases.
35. Setting of welding modes for welding materials of different thickness.
36. Adjustment of the shielding gas supply.
37. Effect of welding mode parameters on the quality of the seam.
38. Designations of welding wires (standards EN ISO 14341, EN ISO 14343).
39. Use of protective anti-spatter agents.
40. Selection and storage of the welding wire.
41. Use of the shielding gas.
42. Technology of MAG welding works.
43. Application of safe welding techniques.
44. Application of personal and collective protective equipment.
45. Classification of welding defects (standard EN ISO 6520-1).
46. Causes of defects.
47. Welding works in high risk areas.
48. Measuring instruments and control tools.
49. Common visual evaluation criteria.
50. Techniques for remedying the geometric shape imperfections.
51. Measuring instruments and control tools.
52. Instruction of labour protection at the workplace.
53. Fire safety instruction and action in the event of fire.
54. Welding workplaces.
GENERAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Types of verbal and non-verbal interaction.
At the comprehension level:
1. Grammar and language functions.
2. Principles of promoting cooperation.
3. Positive interaction techniques.
4. Units of measurement and formulas.
5. Provision of first aid.
6. Introductory instruction.
7. Environmental protection requirements.
8. Sorting of waste.
9. Employment legal relationship.
10. Essence of civil society.
11. Risk factors of the surrounding work environment.
12. Latest MAG welding technologies.
13. Opportunities offered by the internet and potential risks.
14. Regulatory technical documentation (pWPS, WPS, working drawing).
15. Information systems security.
16. MAG welding machines with software.
17. Simulation programmes in MAG welding and their options.
18. Operating principles of computer and office equipment.
19. Work organisation of the company.
At the application level:
1. Vocabulary.
2. Professional terminology.
3. Time planning techniques.
4. Calculation.
5. Action in emergency situations.
6. Instruction of labour protection at the workplace.
7. Labour protection safety signs and signals.
8. Electrical safety regulations.
9. Fire safety regulations.
10. Action in the event of fire.
11. Basic principles of ergonomics.
12. Use of the internet.
13. Finding out the up-to-date information.
14. Selection of welding modes.
15. Techniques for preparing edges.
16. Selection of the consumption of the shielding gas supply.
17. Requirements of standards (EN ISO 9606-1, EN ISO 5817).
18. Regulatory technical documentation (working drawing, pWPS, WPS).
19. MAG welding machine and equipment.
20. Measuring instruments and control instruments.
21. Application software according to the work task.
22. Work with office equipment.
23. Generation of ideas.

PROFESSIONAL skills:
1. To use personal protective equipment responsibly.
2. To use collective protective equipment.
3. To check manual instruments.
4. To check auxiliary devices.
5. To independently inspect the protective devices of the MAG welding machine and their compliance with safety requirements.
6. To inspect the cable insulation.
7. To inspect the casing of the welding hose package.
8. To assess the suitability of the torch for work.
9. To assess the suitability of the shielding gas cylinders for work.
10. To get acquainted with the operating instruction of the MAG welding machine.
11. To apply the requirements of the operating instruction of the MAG welding machine.
12. To recognise the designations of welded seams.
13. To read the drawing.
14. To comprehend the welding procedure specification (pWPS, WPS).
15. To plan the sequence of the welding works independently.
16. To additionally use the technical documentation.
17. To select the welding machine carefully.
18. To select the welding torch and its components in accordance with the welding modes.
19. To select the type of shielding gas.
20. To check the functionality of an auxiliary device.
21. To select the necessary auxiliary devices for securing workpieces in different spatial positions.
22. To read the marking of the material accurately.
23. To assess the weldability of the material.
24. To assess the compliance of the geometric dimensions of the material.
25. To independently determine the composition of filler materials by the marking and their compliance with the parent material.
26. To determine the composition of the auxiliary material – active shielding gas – by the marking.
27. To select the dimensions of the filler material.
28. To select the type of basic material cleaning.
29. To carefully select the auxiliary devices and equipment for the processing.
30. To check the performance of auxiliary devices.
31. To assess the need for processing the edges of parts or workpieces.
32. To choose the way of processing the edges of parts or workpieces.
33. To carefully perform the processing of the edges of parts or workpieces.
34. To assemble parts or workpieces accurately, taking into account the mounting gaps.
35. To use auxiliary devices to assemble parts or workpieces.
36. To secure parts or workpieces, using auxiliary devices.
37. To check the positional alignment of assembly carefully.
38. To perform the visual inspection of the MAG welding machine.
39. To connect the relevant shielding gas.
40. To select and install the appropriate welding wire feeder rollers.
41. To install the welding wire spool in the machine.
42. To select appropriate wire feeder guide.
43. To connect the mass clamp to the workpiece or part.
44. To select the welding torch independently.
45. To perform the visual inspection of the welding torch.
46. To choose the diameter of the contact tip accurately, in accordance with the diameter of the welding wire.
47. To select the nozzle for shielding gas supply.
48. To install the wire feeder guide.
49. To accurately choose the voltage of welding and the wire feed rate in accordance with the thickness of the material to be welded.
50. To choose the consumption of shielding gas supply.
51. To set the selected welding voltage and wire feed rate accurately.
52. To set the consumption of shielding gas supply accurately.
53. To select the welding wire material in accordance with the parent material to be welded.
54. To select the welding wire diameter in accordance with the thickness of the parent material to be welded.
55. To select anti-spatter agents to prevent adherence of spatter from the shielding gas nozzle of the torch.
56. To accurately weld fillet welded (FW) seams for plates (thickness of 3-6 mm):
– in horizontal – vertical (PB) position;
– in flat (PA) position;
– in vertical (vertical up) (PF) position.
57. To accurately weld butt welded (BW) seams for plates (thickness of 3-6 mm):
– in flat (PA) position;
– in vertical (vertical up) (PF) position.
58. To identify the welding defects independently.
59. To correct welding defects.
60. To perform the visual evaluation of welded seams (FW and BW) according to the common criteria:
– adhesion of parts;
– beginning and ending point of the seam;
– compliance of the geometric dimensions of the seam with the parameters of the joint;
– weld-through (in butt welded (BW) joints);
– burn-through (in butt welded (BW) joints);
– burn-through in fillet welded (FW) joints;
– undercuts in the parent metal;
– pores in the seam metal;
– cracks in the crater;
– burns on the parent material;
– spatter;
– scale.
61. To carefully evaluate the geometric shapes of the welded item or reference sample.
62. To remedy the geometric shape imperfections.
63. To evaluate the imperfections of the welded seam, using the destructive testing methods.
64. To evaluate the imperfections of the welded seam, using the non-destructive testing methods.
65. To perform the visual inspection of the MAG welding machine.
66. To check the operation of the ventilation system.
67. To check the set of the welding workplace.
68. To check the individual lighting.
69. To turn on the shielding gas supply.
70. To arrange the manual instruments in accordance with the requirements of the instruction of labour protection at the workplace.
71. To place the workpieces to be welded and the welded reference sample or parts in accordance with the requirements of the instruction of labour protection at the workplace.
72. To place the exhaust ventilation manipulator as close as possible to the welding area.
73. To turn off the MAG welding machine.
74. To wrap the welding cables and place them in the designated place.
75. To turn off the shielding gas supply.
76. To clean up the welding workplace in accordance with the requirements of the occupational safety instruction.
77. To bring the manual instruments in order in accordance with the requirements of the occupational safety instruction.
78. To turn off the exhaust ventilation and individual lighting at the station.
GENERAL skills:
1. To clearly define own idea in the official language both orally and in writing while communicating with colleagues and other persons.
2. To use professional terminology both orally and in writing to ensure MAG welding works.
3. To communicate in one foreign language both orally and in writing.
4. To use professional terminology both orally and in writing in at least one foreign language to organise MAG welding works.
5. To cooperate in a team while carrying out professional work duties.
6. To define priorities while planning own professional activity.
7. To solve conflict situations, providing arguments to support own opinion.
8. To calculate the necessary thickness of the fillet welded seam, taking into account the thickness of the parent material.
9. To apply mathematical skills to calculate the width of butt welded seams and the excess weld metal of the seam.
10. To act in an emergency.
11. To provide first aid in accidents.
12. To recognise labour protection safety signs and signals.
13. To accurately obey labour protection safety signs and signals.
14. To comply with introductory instruction requirements.
15. To comply with the requirements of the instruction of labour protection at the workplace.
16. To comply with electrical safety regulations.
17. To comply with fire safety regulations.
18. To visually assess the compliance of the MAG welding machine with electrical safety regulations.
19. To act in the event of fire.
20. To comply with environmental protection requirements while carrying out work duties.
21. To sort waste generated during the welding work process.
22. To responsibly evaluate the requirements for employment legal relationship in conjunction with laws and regulations.
23. To comply with the requirements for employment legal relationship.
24. To carry out the civic duties.
25. To use harmless and safe work practices.
26. To follow the basic principles of ergonomics.
27. To increase the level of qualification in MAG welding.
28. To be interested in the latest innovative technologies for MAG welding works by attending the fairs in the metalworking sector.
29. To learn the MAG welding of pipes and plates in different spatial positions and for different thickness and diameters of the parent material.
30. To acquire competences for the certification in MAG welding in compliance with the requirements of the regulatory documents.
31. To evaluate and improve own professional competence and knowledge.
32. To learn about the latest information technologies.
33. To learn to use simulation programmes in MAG welding.
34. To learn to use the latest MAG welding machines with software.
35. To use computer and office equipment to carry out work duties.
36. To find specific information in the internet resources and data carriers.
37. To complete the tasks assigned by the work manager.
38. To become actively involved in the generation of new ideas, taking the initiative.
39. To independently take decisions on the solutions to problems in a specific work situations.
40. To become engaged in the cultural environment of the company.

PROFESSIONAL competences:
1. Ability to use personal and collective protective equipment responsibly, in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations regarding labour protection and the working conditions.
2. Ability to assess the compliance of the protective equipment, instruments, and auxiliary devices of the MAG welding machine with the work task and labour protection requirements.
3. Ability to meet and apply the conditions of the operating instruction of the MAG welding machine.
4. Ability to read the working drawing and the welding documentation in accordance with the work task.
5. Ability to carefully select the welding equipment and auxiliary devices in accordance with the work task.
6. Ability to get acquainted with the basic materials, filler materials, and auxiliary materials to be used for work.
7. Ability to clean the welding surfaces and prepare the edges of parts or workpieces in good quality, in accordance with the work task.
8. Ability to assemble parts or workpieces accurately, taking into account the mounting gaps, and secure parts or workpieces, checking the positional alignment of assembly, and create tack seams.
9. Ability to prepare the MAG welding machine and equipment for welding to complete the relevant task.
10. Ability to select and set the welding modes accurately, applying appropriate filler materials and auxiliary materials and complying with the technical norms.
11. Ability to accurately weld fillet welded (FW) seams for plates (thickness of 3-6 mm): in horizontal – vertical (PB) position, in flat (PA) position, in vertical (vertical up) (PF) position.
12. Ability to accurately weld butt welded (BW) seams for plates (thickness of 3-6 mm): in flat (PA) position, in vertical (vertical up) (PF) position.
13. Ability to identify and remedy the welding defects independently.
14. Ability to perform visual evaluation of the welded seams in accordance with the common evaluation criteria.
15. Ability to assess the geometric parameters of the item or reference sample after welding in compliance with the regulatory requirements and remedy the occurred geometric shape imperfections.
16. Ability to assess the quality of the welded seams, using the destructive and non-destructive testing methods.
17. Ability to organise and maintain the workplace and the surrounding work environment and bring them in order in compliance with the labour protection requirements for the workplace.
GENERAL competences:
1. Ability to communicate in the official language both orally and in writing and use professional terminology to complete work tasks in MAG welding.
2. Ability to communicate in at least one foreign language both orally and in writing and use professional terminology to complete work tasks in MAG welding.
3. Ability to cooperate with other employees within the scope of the work task, working in a team and complying with the basic principles of professional and general ethics and work procedure regulations.
4. Ability to apply mathematical thinking while planning the completion of a welding work task.
5. Ability to provide first aid.
6. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with the labour protection, electrical and fire safety, and environmental protection requirements.
7. Ability to establish employment legal relationship responsibly.
8. Ability to apply harmless and safe work practices during the work process.
9. Ability to evaluate own personal skills, identify own education development needs, and plan professional development.
10. Ability to improve the skills in MAG welding independently, in compliance with the requirements of international standards.
11. Ability to use information and communication technologies to complete a work task.
12. Ability to actively engage in the development of the operation of the company, offering new and rational ideas for the completion of a work task.