This student welding competency-based education curriculum consists of six units dealing with general areas related to trade occupations and nine units covering specific aspects of working with welding equipment and performing welding operations. Topics covered in the first six units are welding opportunities, human relations, safety, basic mathematics, measuring, and reading blueprints. The remaining nine units deal with the following areas: (1) operating shield metallic arc welding equipment; (2) operating gas welding equipment; (3) operating metallic and tungsten inert gas equipment; (4) set up, tack, and weld metal processing projects; (5) cleaning, testing, and classifying metals; (6) operating auxilliary equipment and tools; (7) performing structural or equipment welding and cutting operations; (8) welder certification tests; and (9) supervision, training, and job estimating. A total of 100 competencies are addressed in the student competency sheets constituting these units. Each student competency sheet contains a task statement, a performance checklist, a list of materials needed, a performance standard, and learning activities. (MN)