Starting November 14, 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) program. All three levels prepare you for AWS SENSE certificates.
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: Starting November 14, 2023
Level 2 classes: Starting November 27, 2023
To enroll in Level 2, you must have taken or test out of Level 1.
Class Schedule: each level is 2 days a week, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT), Epstein Campus, 1302 Veterans Highway, Bristol, PA.
Find out more: Email christine.harvie@bucks.edu.
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, $3,300 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
- Gas Tungsten & Arc Welding (GTAW/Tig)
- Introduction to Plasma Table Operation
96 Hours, $3,300 PLUS materials
Advanced Welding
(Level 3)
- Safety Review
- Blueprint Reading
- Shop Math and Measurement
- Plasma Table Operations
- Fabricating Techniques and Practices
- Testing and Inspection
96 Hours $3,300 PLUS materials