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Welding Technology

School of Industrial & Engineering Technologies
Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center, Rm. 104A · (570) 320-2400, ext. 7773

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Pennsylvania College of Technology's Welding Technology Department is one of six departments within the School of Industrial & Engineering Technologies. Our mission is to provide our students with the hands-on skills and knowledge required to succeed in the welding industry.

Currently the Welding Technology Department offers three programs of study:

All majors are supported by a common core of technical welding courses that encompass the most common welding and cutting processes in use by the welding industry.

Small classes enable our experienced faculty to give each student the personal attention necessary to optimize his or her learning experience. With over eighty years of combined industry and teaching experience, the welding faculty have a diversified background in the welding field.

The welding department also supports the American Welding Society student organization.

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Welding Technology News

New Episode of Career-Awareness Series to Air on WVIA

June 2008

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The second episode of the “degrees that work.” television series, a co-production of Penn College and WVIA-TV, is set to premiere on the public-television station at 7:30 p.m. June 29. The series’ newest episode focuses on welding, highlighting the variety of careers available from the viewpoints of artistic welder Mike Patterson, an alumnus of Williamsport Area Community College, adjunct faculty member and entrepreneur; and Jennifer Brinkley-Cruz, a 2005 Penn College alumna and manufacturing specialist for Toyota.

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ESAB Tour Truck Visits Penn College

April 2008

Students flock to see impressive campus 'visitor' A peek inside Donald O. Praster, acting dean of industrial and engineering technologies (in tie) welcomes ESAB The ESAB Welding and Cutting Solutions Tour Expo Truck visited Penn College's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center parking lot on Thursday, allowing the campus community to see the latest in welding and cutting technology tools and solutions provided by ESAB, and to meet local ESAB employees. The Sweden-based ESAB produces consumables and equipment for virtually every welding and cutting process and application, with subsidiaries and distributors worldwide.
( Photos by Katelyn E. Koch, student photographer)

Welding Competition Held in Metal Trades Center

February 2008

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Twenty Penn College students and 15 students from area secondary schools competed at a Feb. 22 welding contest in the college's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center. The contest, conducted by the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Welding Society, was judged by Adam Steppe, of High Steel Industries, and Niles Oehrli, from Moody International. Students from three schools (Williamsport Area High School, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, and SUN Area Career and Technology Center) also competed against one another. Winners will be announced and honored at a banquet on March 5. The competition – captured by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer – is featured in PCToday's photo gallery.

Penn College Named Partner in National Welding-Education Initiative

October 2007

Penn College has been named a project team member for a $4.9 million National Science Foundation program establishing a National Center of Excellence in Welding Education and Training.

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Three Penn College Teams Prepared for Mini-Indy Event

September 2007

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Weeks of preparation and tireless teamwork will culminate in this weekend’s 11th annual Susquehanna 500 Mini-Indy competition, in which Penn College faculty/staff and students – and a group of visitors from Mexico – will continue their historic participation on behalf of the American Red Cross.

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