Starting June 27, 2023
Accelerated Welding Program
Looking to start a new career in welding or advance your existing skillset? The accelerated Welding Program at Bucks County Community College gives you hands-on experience at our state-of-the-art facility in Bristol, PA. Offering introductory, intermediate and advanced sections, you can take one or all three levels.
Our curriculum aligns with the American Welding Society (AWS) Schools Excelling through National Skills Standard Education (SENSE) Certifications. All three levels prepare you to sit for the AWS SENSE Certification. Certification fees are part of the course cost.
Each level of the Welding Program is 16 weeks, 96 hours total. Each level counts as 4 college credits towards an Advanced Technology or Engineering Technology associates degree. If you complete all three levels, you earn 12 credits towards a degree.
Level 1 classes: June 27, 2023 to October 12, 2023
Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT), Epstein Campus, 1302 Veterans Highway, Bristol, PA.
Interested? You must attend an Information Session at the Center for Advanced Technologies:
May 16 at 1:00 p.m. OR 5:30 p.m.
You are required to RSVP with which Information Session time you will be attending. RSVP: Christine Harvie (267) 685-4849 or christine.harvie@bucks.edu.
Space is limited. As part of the selection process, students will be interviewed at the Information Session.
Fundamentals of Welding
(Level 1)
- Introduction to the fundamentals of welding
- Welding Specific Safety
- Blueprint Reading
- Shop Math and Measurement
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
- Grinding
- Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG/GMAW welding)
96 Hours, Introductory price: $2,170 PLUS materials (approximately $150)
Intermediate Welding
(Level 2)
- Welding Specific Safety
- Blueprint Reading
- Shop Math and Measurement
- Weld Joint Design
- Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
- Oxygen/Acetylene Cutting and Burning
- Plasma Arc Cutting
- Introduction to Plasma Table Operation
96 Hours, Introductory Price: $2,170 PLUS materials
Advanced Welding
(Level 3)
- Safety Review
- Blueprint Reading
- Shop Math and Measurement
- Plasma Table Operations
- Gas Tungsten and Arc Welding (GTAW/TIG welding)
- Fabricating Techniques and Practices
- Testing and Inspection