KSK Rathmor Engineering and Recruitment specialises in the supply of skilled labour to the construction and industrial sectors. KSK Rathmor was established in 2020 and is now one of the leading engineering and construction service companies in Ireland and the largest industrial recruitment company in the North-West. Located in Bridgend, County Donegal, Ireland, we provide a comprehensive range of services for the engineering, recruitment and construction sectors whilst also providing a personal approach to each individual client and employee.

As a company with a range of overseas clients, we have seen demand for qualified orbital welders increase dramatically. From our regular engagement with our client base, we are acutely aware of the exact work environments / roles that our clients will be placed in, and by extension their exact training needs. 

With this in mind, we have now set up our own KSK Orbital Welding Training Centre in new state-of-the art premises in Donegal. We have invested heavily in orbital welding equipment which will be used as practical teaching tools for our trainees.

The KSK Orbital Welding Course will consist of a high level of training for the semi-conductor and pharmaceutical high purity welding sectors using the Orbitalum 180 SW Welding Plant.

Once the trainee completes the KSK Orbital Welding Course, they will be fully qualified in Orbital Welding in both the semi-conductor and pharmaceutical industries. The trainee will have all the skills required to hit the ground running. KSK Rathmor have a reputation of providing skilled labour and the Orbital Welding Training Centre is just another vital cog in cementing our reputation with the construction and industrial sectors.

1. Learn to set up weld head and collets.
2. Learn to set up welding plant and be able to install programs for various weld sizes.
3. Learn how to set up the argon bottle in a proper working environment.
4. Learn how to set the tungsten gap for various pipe sizes in the weld head.
5. Learn how to read a magnehelic gauge and control the argon pressure.
6. Fault finding on the plant and weld heads.
7. Facing tool training.
8. Hand tacking pipe of various sizes.
9. Learn how to make a pipe rack, and the trainee will do field welds, both vertical and horizontal. This will be done in a working environment.

Week 1 – We will be working on small bore pipe such as 1/4, 1/2 and 3/8 for tool install process piping.
Week 2 – We will concentrate on the pharmaceutical industry. The trainee will be welding large bore pipe. They will be shown how purging works and how the industry is 100% scoped on the field and how to use an oxygen monitor to deplete oxygen from the pipe so it fills with pure argon. Trainees will also be shown how to set up purges and caps for magnehelic.

Barry Walsh

Barry Walsh is the Orbital Welding Instructor. Barry has over 18 years’ experience in both sectors. Barry has worked all over the world as a pipefitter/welder. He is a qualified welding inspector and has recently upgraded his 3.0 welding inspection qualifications.

Barry has worked for Intel Ireland, Intel Israel, Micron Singapore, and Global Foundries Dresden on PSSS (Piping Specialty Supply Service). He also worked on Tool Install Welding, working on many projects including Wuxi Biological, Pfizer, Alexion and recently on Fujifilm in Denmark. Barry is keen to pass on his wealth of knowledge to the KSK Trainee’s and is in no doubt they will be trained to a very high standard.