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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!

 
 

You will gain skills related to any one of the following careers. Check out the links to see starting salaries and statistics!

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:

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

Northrup-Grumman and Nofolk Naval Shipyard: Apprenticeship School
Earn specialized training at places like:
Lincoln Electric Welding School
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
Baran Institute
Many universities offer degree programs in Welding Engineering or Metallurgy!



 

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 businesses have given our students internships opportunities as welders, welders helpers, or auto body helpers.

A & D Welding Service
Coastal Welding Inc.
Graphic Art
Green Gifford Nissan

Right now Welding students are working on:

Fabricating different products such as: cage and gate for Electrical class, gate for customer's back yard and swimming pool, tables, and much more
Learning many welding processes such as: oxcacetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding, so they can create anything out of metal
Participating in field trips to ODU, BAE, Colonnas, Northrup Grumman, and Liebherr

 

Students in Welding are saying:

"If you like meeting new people and making new friends, then multiple career choices are available here at the Tech Center."
"Welding is where the money is!"
"It's out of here like a rocket!"
"Welders hold it together."
:"The Tech Center is a great place to aquire skills for a succesful career."

 

 

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Updated: April 11, 2008