Welding Technology/Welder

Welding Technology/Welder is offered as a one- to two-year certificate program at Cape Fear Community College, a public institution in Wilmington, NC. This program in the welding technology field (CIP 48.0508) provides instruction in shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, flux-cored arc welding, and related techniques, along with blueprint reading and metallurgy fundamentals.

Cape Fear Community College offers additional certificate programs in Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, Culinary Arts/Chef Training, Architectural Engineering Technologies, Electrical/Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology, and Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology. Students in this program gain practical, hands-on experience preparing them for entry-level positions in manufacturing, construction, shipbuilding, and industrial maintenance environments.