Basic steel metallurgy – course for non metallurgists

When you work with steel, it is important to understand why the material does not always behave in the same way. Two steel components may look identical but react differently during production, machining, welding, heat treatment or operation.

In this foundation course, you receive a practical introduction to steel metallurgy, enabling you to better understand what influences the properties of steel and what this means for material selection, application and quality in practice.

You gain a basic overview of how steel is produced, how alloying elements, microstructure and heat treatment influence the material, and why this is important for properties such as strength, formability and application. The course is aimed at participants who are not metallurgists but who need to understand the most important relationships in order to ask better questions, make more informed decisions and collaborate more effectively with specialists.

Who is the course relevant for?

The course is relevant for anyone who works with steel in practice but does not have metallurgy as their area of expertise. It is a good choice if you need basic material knowledge in order to work more safely and competently with steel products and steel structures.

Typical participants include, among others:

• Engineering
• Technicians
• Employees working with design and construction
• Employees working with manufacturing and maintenance
• Inspectors
• Employees working with purchasing and sales of steel products

What you gain from the course

The course provides you with a basic and practical overview of the most important material‑technical relationships in steel.

You will learn to:

• Understand how production and heat treatment influence the properties of steel
• Gain an overview of microstructure, alloying elements and their significance
• Assess how material selection is linked to application and processing
• Understand key metallurgical concepts and use them in dialogue with specialists

What your organisation gains

The course provides your organisation with a stronger foundation for working more competently with steel throughout the value chain, from design and material selection to manufacturing, maintenance and technical dialogue. When employees without a metallurgical specialist background gain a better understanding of the properties and behaviour of steel, it becomes easier to make more informed decisions and create better alignment between technical requirements, material selection and application.

This can contribute to fewer misunderstandings, higher quality in technical assessments and a stronger basis for collaboration across functions. In this way, the course supports efficiency, quality and more robust solutions in the organisation’s work with steel products and steel structures.