Welding

About

Are you a creative person who loves to make things? Check out Welding, a two-year, six credit program, where you will learn many of the skills the welding industry is seeking in qualified candidates! You will learn in a state-of-the-art lab and use software the shipyards are using to train their employees!
This two-year course combines shop experience with related instruction. Students learn to identify and understand the composition of metals as well as to fabricate various projects. They practice oxyacetylene welding and burning, electric arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding and gas metal arc welding. Related studies include blueprint reading, applied mathematics and weld symbols. Students will prepare for the following credentials or certifications: American Welding Society (AWS) Certification- Level 1; National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Assessment- Welding; and the Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Examination.

Right now Welding students are working on:
Fabricating different products such as:
Cage and gate for Electrical class, gates for customer's back yard, swimming pool tables and much more!

Our students learn many different welding processes such as:

• oxyacetylene welding
• shielded metal arc welding
• gas tungsten arc welding so they can create anything out of metal.

Participating in field trips to ODU, BAE, Colonnas shipyard, Newport News Shipbuilding, and Liebherr.

In addition to going straight to the work force, our graduates have many options after successfully completing their courses! Further your education at a community college, technical school or university:

• Newport News Shipbuilding and Norfolk Naval Shipyard: Apprenticeship School
• Lincoln Electric Welding School
• Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
• Baran Institute

Many universities offer degree programs in Welding Engineering or Metallurgy!

Careers:
Pipe Welder
Construction Welder
Welding Fabricator
Welding Engineer
Nuclear Welder
Welding Supervisor
Welding Inspector

Internships:
All students at the Tech Center have the option to obtain an internship towards the end of their experience here. The philosophy is that there is invaluable knowledge and experience to be gained working side-by-side with a professional in an actual environment. Below are some of the great internships our students have had, thanks to Welding!

The following companies are a sampling of those who have employed our students as interns in welder helper and welder positions:

• A & D Welding Service
• Coastal Welding Inc.
• SI-Tech Labs
• Graphic Art
• Green Gifford Nissan

Instructors: Donald Edwards, Joseph Santos