New for spring 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.
Sign Up for InformationOur 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 and counts as 4 college credits towards an Advanced Technology or Engineering Technology associates degree. When you complete all three levels, you earn 12 credits towards a degree.
Class sections are being finalized. Classes will be held for three hours, two evenings a week. Contact Christine Harvie at Christine.Harvie@bucks.edu to receive program updates.
Fundamental 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, $2,170
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, $2,170
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