This packet, containing a teacher's edition, a student edition, and a student workbook, introduces students to high deposition welding and processes for "shielding" a weld. In addition to general information, the teacher edition consists of introductory pages and teacher pages, as well as unit information that corresponds to the materials in the student edition. The introductory pages include a training and competency profile, a state duty and task crosswalk, instructional and task analysis, basic skills icons and classifications, a basic skills matrix, and a list of tools, equipment, and materials. The teacher pages include suggested activities, answers to assignment sheets, a written test with answers, teacher supplements, and transparency masters. The student edition contains learning activities sheets, objective sheets, information sheets, and student supplements for the three units of the course. The student workbook contains assignment sheets and job sheets for the units. The three units covered by the course are Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Orientation and Safety; GMAW Equipment, Applications, and Techniques; and Flux-Cored Arc Welding. (KC)