Welder Foundation Certificate

Welder Foundation Certificate is a Diploma program taught at Northern Lights College, Canada. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (2 years) options.

Northern Lights College offers the Welder Foundation Certificate, a program that trains students in welding and related shop tasks. The program covers welding ferrous and non-ferrous metals in all positions using SMAW, GTAW, and FCAW. Students plan work from drawings or by analyzing job tasks, determine materials and welding processes, use blueprint symbols for machining operations, and check specifications with precision measuring instruments.

Students complete technical training through WELF 101 – Welder Foundation (840 contact hours). Northern Lights College states that completion of the Welder Foundation program provides Levels 1 and 2 technical training and 300 work-based hours credit toward completing their Welder Apprenticeship. The program runs as a September cohort and is approximately 32 weeks long, with a reading week typically at the end of February.

Modules

• WELF 101 – Welder Foundation (840 contact hours)

The minimum requirements for admission in Welder Foundation Certificate at Northern Lights College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Northern Lights College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Northern Lights College as pre-requiste for admission in Welder Foundation Certificate.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Complete either A, B, or C:

• A. English and Math

• English Requirement: One of the following: BC Language Arts 10 Courses – 4 credits earned, minimum individual grade of C+, or equivalent; BC Language Arts 11 Courses – 4 credits earned, minimum individual grade of C+, or equivalent; BC Language Arts 12 Courses – 4 credits earned, minimum individual grade of C+, or equivalent; ENGL 030 or higher, with a minimum final grade of C+, or equivalent; IELTS score of 5.5 overall with no band less than 5.0 or equivalent English placement test and score.

• Math Requirement: One of the following: BC Math 10 with a minimum final grade of C+, or equivalent; BC Math 11 with a minimum final grade of C, or equivalent; BC Math 12 with a minimum final grade of C, or equivalent; MATH 030 or higher, with a minimum final grade of C+, or equivalent.

• B. ESTR 037: Complete: ESTR 037 – Essential Skills for Trades – Intermediate Level with a minimum final grade of 67%.

• C. POWER: Complete: People Obtaining Workplace Employment Requirements (POWER) program.

Important Notes: The program requires personal protective equipment (CSA approved leather boot with safety toe and shank, clear lense safety glasses, flame resistant coveralls, welders’ safety clothing, leather gloves, leather jacket or apron, welding helmet, and cutting goggles). Students are required to have a computer (laptop or other mobile device) with minimum computer requirements.

IELTS score of 5.5 overall with no band less than 5.0

Please check detail of study units at https://www.nlc.bc.ca/programs/welder-foundation-certificate/

• Welders can specialize in certain types of welding such as custom fabrication, shipbuilding and repair, pressure vessel welding, pipeline construction welding, structural construction welding or machinery and equipment repair welding.
• Welders can find employment with companies that manufacture structural steel and plate work, boilers, heavy machinery, aircraft, ships, and other metal products, and by welding contractors and welding shops.
• Welders may be self-employed in the industry.

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