WAEC Welding Syllabus 2026/2027 & Textbooks

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The WAEC Welding Syllabus 2026/2027 & Textbooks: includes topics such as workshop safety, properties of metals, tools and equipment, welding and fabrication operations, and sheet metalwork. Practical aspects include demonstrations of protective wear and first aid, setting up oxy-acetylene equipment, and welding techniques like leftward and rightward methods. Students are also expected to complete projects like a named plate or a charcoal stove.

Contents

1 Examination Guides
2 Paper 1:
3 Paper 2:
4 Paper 3:
5 WAEC Welding Syllabus 2026/2027
6 WAEC Welding Textbooks 2026/2027
7 Recent Posts

Examination Guides

There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3, all of which must be taken.

Papers 1 and 2 will be composite papers to be taken in one sitting.

Paper 1:

This will consist of forty multiple-choice objective questions, all of which are to be answered in 1 hour for 40 marks.

Paper 2:

The second paper (Paper 2) will consist of five questions, out of which candidates will be required to answer any four in 1½ hours for 60 marks.

Paper 3:

This will be a practical test of 3 hours, 10 minutes in duration. It will consist of one compulsory question for 100 marks.

A list of materials for the test shall be made available to schools not less than two weeks before the paper is taken for material procurement and relevant preparations.

WAEC Welding Syllabus 2026/2027

UNIT / TOPIC	SUBTOPICS / CONTENTS	PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES
1. Workshop and Standard Workshop Practices	• Introduction to fabrication and welding practice • Safety precautions in welding and fabrication • Types and causes of accidents (fire, explosion, sharp objects, hazardous gases, etc.) • Accident prevention measures • Types/causes of environmental pollution • Pollution prevention methods • Safety facilities and protective wear • Workshop layout (fabrication & welding) • Standard welding codes and symbols • First-aid administration	• Demonstration of protective wear use • Demonstration of first-aid applications
2. Properties of Metals and Material Selection	• Ferrous & non-ferrous metals (steel, aluminum, copper, zinc, tin, cast iron, alloy steel) • Metal properties (ductility, hardness, toughness, malleability, elasticity, plasticity, fusion, tenacity, brittleness) • Sheet metals (aluminum, brass, mild steel) • Gauges of sheet metals • Selection of appropriate metals • Heat treatment (hardening, annealing, normalizing, tempering, case-hardening) • Identification of ferrous & non-ferrous metals	• Annealing, hardening & normalizing operations
3. Tools and Equipment in Fabrication & Welding	• Identification of tools & equipment • Equipment set-up (gas & arc welding) • Job holding devices • Measuring, marking-out & cutting tools • Parts/accessories of gas & arc welding equipment • Maintenance of gas & arc welding equipment • Preparation of acetylene gas from carbide • Electrodes (types, composition, gauges & selection) • Fault detection & troubleshooting equipment	• Setting up oxy-acetylene equipment • Use of measuring, marking-out & cutting tools
4. Operations and Techniques in Welding & Fabrication	• Types of welding (gas & arc), principles & differences • Fabrication process description • Types of joints & applications • Marking-out techniques • Use of templates • Welding techniques • Fabrication techniques • Folding techniques & importance	• Job cutting techniques • Leftward & rightward welding methods • Wire-edge project
5. Fasteners	• Classification of fasteners • Rivets and applications • Bolts and nuts • Screws	• Production of riveted joints • Production of bolts & nuts
6. Forging Process	• Definition of forging • Tools & equipment (furnace, swages, fullers, flatters, tongs) • Forging procedures: upsetting, drawing down, twisting, bending, forging an eye	• Forging an eye
7. Preparation of Welding Surfaces & Environment	• Surface preparation: wire brush, emery cloth, files, scrapers, grinding machine • Edge preparation: single V, double V, fillets • Post-surface preparation (cleaning, oiling) • Welding surface defects (causes & remedies) • Welding environment (awkward, unventilated, flammable materials, slippery floor) • Surface finishing (painting, metal spraying, galvanizing, oiling)	• Preparation of single V surface
8. Practical Work / Project	• Marking shapes (triangle, square, rectangle) • Cutting & bending shapes • Soldering sheet metals • Steel welding (arc & gas) • Fabrication of metals into required shapes	Suggested Projects: name plate, trinket box, funnel, kitchen stool, car stopper, metal rake, scoop, hinges, charcoal stove, etc.
9. Business Entrepreneurship Opportunity	• Definitions of: entrepreneurship, employer, employee, enterprise, small/medium/large-scale enterprise • Factors for setting up a workshop (cost, site, weather, materials, manpower, market, power supply, transportation)	• Site visit to existing enterprises
10. Facilities & Major Equipment Required	Tools & Equipment List: Hammers, try squares, chisels, bending rollers, cutting/welding outfits, bench grinder, cone roller, flow-meter regulators, electrode holders, bench shears, carbide generator, electrode oven, power hacksaw, drilling machine, gloves, vee block, anvil, forge, straight edges, aprons, swage block, bench vice, trammel drivers, O₂ cylinders, chipping hammer, grinding machine, snips, transformers, flatters, buffer & polisher, hand/straight snips, hand shields, head caps, mole grip, blowpipes, scriber, dividers, goggles, sledge hammers, files, nibbling machine, trolley, plain goggles, acetylene cylinder, wire brushes, oxygen regulators, clamps (G-clamp, parallel, toolmakers), pliers, acetylene regulators, first-aid box, tongs, hoses, magnetic clamp, mallets, hacksaws, DC generators, self-grip pliers, workbench, guillotine, AC transformers, folding bars, fire extinguisher, sand bucket, cramp folding machine, riveting pliers, riveting set.	—

WAEC Welding Textbooks 2026/2027

Welding and Fabrication by W. Kenyon
The Science and Practice of Welding by A. C. Davis
Fabrication and Welding by F. J. M. Smith
Basic Welding by P. Somsky
The Theory and Practice of Metalwork by George Love
Metal Craft Theory and Practice by John R. Bedford
Metalwork Motivate Series by J. K. N. Sackey & S. K. Amoakohene
Metalwork Technology by G. H. Thomas
Workshop Processes and Materials by J. V. Courtney
Ilesanmi Metalwork for Senior Secondary School Books 1 – 3 by Adejuyigbe S. B. and S. K. Akinlosose.

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