5-Day Welding & Fabrication Course
Discover Welding Processes and Fabrication Skills
Develop your welding and fabrication skills over 5 practical days, with more time to learn, practise and build your own metal project.
This longer course introduces you to MIG, TIG and MMA welding, alongside fabrication, metal preparation and plasma cutting — before bringing your new skills together to create a product you chose to make.
What to expect
Over five days, you'll explore MIG, TIG and MMA welding in much greater depth, learning how each process works, how to set up the equipment and the techniques needed to start welding mild steel.
With more time to practise, experiment and develop your technique, you'll progress from basic welding exercises through to joinery and wider fabrication skills and learn about useful workshop tools like Plasma Cutters.
You'll then bring everything together by building a project, either from one of our existing designs or, where practical, something you've designed yourself.
What you’ll learn?
Throughout the week, you'll learn how to set up and use MIG, TIG and MMA welding equipment, understand the theory behind each process and develop the practical techniques required to weld mild steel.
You'll work with different forms and thicknesses of material, from box section through to sheet metal, while developing your understanding of preparation, welding joints, machine settings and troubleshooting.
Welding is only part of the fabrication process, so you'll also develop the skills needed to measure, mark out, prepare, cut, assemble and finish metal using workshop machinery, hand tools and angle grinders.
You'll also be introduced to plasma cutting, including equipment and compressor requirements, safe operation and freehand cutting techniques.
With five days available, there's plenty of opportunity to practise your skills, ask questions and build confidence before applying what you've learnt to your final project.
Course Schedule:
Day one (13:00 - 17:00): The first part of the day focuses on Introducing you to the Personal Protective equipment you will need for welding. We will then look at MMA & MIG welding Skills.
Day two (10:00 - 15:00): You will get a chance to revisit the MIG & MMA Welding Skills alongside learning TIG Welding.
Day three (10:00 - 15:00): This day will look at Plasma Cutting skills and focus on Fabrication Skills to work with metal. We will complete any required metal cutting.
Day Four: (10:00 - 16:00): We will work towards building your product of choice using your processes of choice.
Day Five (09:00 - 12:30): Finishing your Product.
Ticket Cost: £579 per person (Group discounts available)
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We provide all the equipment, PPE, tools and consumables you’ll need throughout the week, plus tea and coffee.
Materials for our ready-made project designs are included. If you’d like to build your own design, we’ll discuss any additional material requirements with you beforehand
E-learning: Full Access in advance of our Foundations of Welding and Fabrication Course (worth £197.00).
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Accommodation: No accommodation is included. There is a Premier inn called Lockyers Quay is right across the road from The Weld Space. Local Touring Campsite is available at Riverside Campsite just outside the City.
Lunch: No lunch is included there are however nearby and onsite cafes available.
Additional Materials: If you chose to build your own product and the material is outside the scope of our existing builds you will need to purchase this (we can help)
Parking: Booked in advance Parking costs £6 per day at the harbour side car park. Cycle Parking is available. Free parking is available 10min walk away, near Friary Mill Business estate
Shipping: If you would like your item shipped back to your home. This can be arranged at an additional cost - depending on the size of the item this can vary from £40 - £150
BRING A FRIEND — BOTH SAVE 10% — Book two places or more use code 5DAYS at checkout.
Available dates:
Products you can make
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Planters
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Stackable Garden Stool
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Small Coffee Table
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Stackable Garden Bench
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Log store
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Workshop Chair
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Hexagon Stool
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Welding Bench
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Frequently Asked Questions
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We handle our bookings via our website using a system called Stripe. When you find the date and course you want to join. “Click” Click here to book” and check out.
Check out our blog post here.
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Terms and conditions will apply at the time of booking.
Sometimes their is some flexibility and want to make sure you can attend your course. We will always do our best to accommodate any unforeseen changes.
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Unfortunately, Alma Yard doesn’t have on site parking at the moment and the parking restrictions don’t allow you to park outside. There is pay and display parking at the Lockyers Quay or Barbican Harbour Car Park.
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No, we are solely based in Plymouth.
If you would like to learn with us you can join The Weld Space Academy for £9.99 per month and get your own Welding Coach at home when ever you need it. It’s never been easier to learn welding from home.
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I want to practise more?
For past course attendees we can make a welding bench available for you. You can hire a bench for half a day or a full day and make use of some of the machinery we have. Richard will be around to help through-out the day. Book a Bench Here.
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If you need to stay overnight.
We would recommend staying in the Lockyers Quay Premier.
It is 2 minutes walk from our door and close to the Barbican.
The Weld Space knows how to teach beginners.
We’ve taught hundreds of beginners to weld through our workshops and earned 100+ five star reviews.
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Visiting Plymouth for the first time?
Come rain or shine, Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City offers a stunning coastal experience, home to breath-taking views, plenty to see and do when the course day ends. There are plently of delicious food and drink and idyllic places to stay. You can explore the historic waterfront barbican or immerse yourself surrounding Dartmoor.
As a city full of makers, creatives, artists, and innovators, Plymouth is a vibrant hub of creativity and originality. There is a lot to do whilst you visit.
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