# Welding Safety Standards and Procedures Module Introduction and Assignments

In this module you will be exploring the hazards of welding and be able to locate safety information and procedures.

## Objectives

- Follow shop safety practices.
- Maintain a clean, safe work area.
- Follow assigned instructions to complete work assignments.
- Explain the hazards of welding on health and safety.
- Locate essential safety information from codes or other standards.
- Identify and apply shop safety procedures.

## Assignments

- Go to the OSHA website and read Welding Health Hazard Chemical and Physical Agents page
- Go to the Texas Department of Insurance Workers Compensation division's website and read the Welding Hazards Safety Program booklet
- Read "Identifying and Applying Shop Safety Practices"
- View The Basics of Cylinder Handling video
- Read "Cylinder Change Checklist"
- Go to the AWS website, and read the AWS Fact Sheet #11 Hot Work in Confined Spaces
- Go to the AWS website, and read the AWS Fact Sheet #1 Fumes and Gases
- Go to the AWS website, and read the AWS Fact Sheet #25 Metal Fume Fever
- Go to Lincoln Electric's website and read the webpage on Fire and Explosions
- Complete the Welding Safety Standards and Procedures module Quiz