Welding (Level-C)

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (From NIC website)

The 28-week Welder Foundation Harmonized Certificate covers Level 1 and Level 2 apprenticeship technical training. On completion, you will write the ITA standardized level exam for a certificate of completion. Successful students will also receive an NIC Welder Foundation Harmonized certificate.

The Welder Foundation Harmonized Certificate prepares you for entry-level employment in industrial manufacturing, welding and fabrication shops. You will be introduced to a variety of welding techniques, layout and fabrication, basic metallurgy, drawing for welding and occupational skills.

Following successful completion of this program and upon entering an apprenticeship, you will be eligible to receive technical training credit for Levels 1 and Level 2, plus 300 work-based hours toward your welding apprenticeship requirements.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a welder, you can work for a metal fabrication company, a shipbuilding company, pulp and paper mills, iron and steel mills, machine manufacturing companies, oil and gas companies, coal mines and anywhere that specialty metal parts are required.

Past graduates have worked for companies in town such as;
Courtenay Spring Welding Inc, D&D Services, Forbidden Alloy Products, Forbidden Mechanical, Imperial Welding Ltd, Ripple Rock Repairs

APPRENTICESHIP DETAILS

A Welding apprentice must complete a three-year program including 4500 workplace hours and 720 in-school hours of training completed in three levels of training, each for eight to 11 weeks. After completion and achievement of a passing grade, the apprentice will hold the B.C. Certificate of Apprenticeship, B.C. Certificate of Qualification, and the Inter provincial Standard Endorsement also known as Red Seal.

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