Welding
This two-year competency-based program leads to an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Welding Technology and provides skills and related technical knowledge necessary for advancement in the metals industry. Instruction includes classroom study as well as extensive practice in the welding lab. Peninsula College provides Washington Association of Building Officials (WABO) certification testing for students in an approved facility on the campus.
The coordinator/instructor of the Welding Technology program is a certified welding educator and a certified welding inspector through the American Welding Society (AWS). Peninsula College is an approved WABO test facility. Persons interested in taking WABO examination(s) should contact the program coordinator for information. Additional separate welding courses for persons not seeking the Welding Technology degree are available through this program, as is a preparatory course for the welding certification examination. This program contains two courses which are articulated through the Tech Prep program with one or more area high schools.
Career Opportunities
Throughout Washington state there is an extremely high demand for welding technicians, with annual job openings for welders and cutters. The advisory committee for this program emphasizes that workers with good welding skills have always been able to get a living-wage welding job. The demand for welding technicians should remain strong over the next decade.
The PC Advantage!
Students enroll at Peninsula College because we are a two-year community college that offers:
- Professional technical and academic transfer programs
- Small class sizes
- Advisory Committee recommended equipment
- Caring, dedicated, qualified instructors
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CONTACT
For Program inquiries contact the program advisor(s):
Jeramie O’Dell
(360) 417-6541
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
Welding Technology AAS F2009 (pdf)
Welding Technology Certificate F2009 (pdf)
Short Term Welding Technology Aluminum Welding Certificate 09-10 (pdf)
Short Term Welding Technology Arc Welding Certificate 09-10 (pdf)
Short Term Welding Technology Beginning Welding Certificate 09-10 (pdf)
Short Term Welding Technology Intermediate Welding Certificate 09-10 (pdf)
Short Term Welding Technology Pipe Welding Certificate 09-10 (pdf)
Short Term Welding Technology TIG Welding Certificate 09-10 (pdf)
Short Term Welding Technology Wire Feed Welding Certificate 09-10 (pdf)
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