Welding Program

The welding program at New Castle School of Trades prepares students for careers as welding engineers, manufacturing engineers, application engineers, sales engineers, and project engineer or manager. The program focuses on applying technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Program course include: arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid state welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, oxidation-reduction reactions, welding metallurgy, welding process and heat treating, structural design, safety, and codes and standards. Get more details below including other Pennsylvania colleges that offer welding program.

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New Castle School of Trades (Neumann)

One Neumann Drive, Aston, PA

New Castle School of Trades operates as a career college, which offers a great education environment for its students. Students can choose from a few areas of study, including:

• Mechanic and Repair Technology
• Transportation and Materials Moving
• Precision Production
• Construction Trades

Based on recent program completion reports gathered, over 550 students graduated with a graduation rate of around 73%. Over ten different programs are offered at New Castle School of Trades. The more popular enrolled programs are shown below:

• Electrical Maintenance and Repair Technology
• Construction, Heavy Equipment Operation
• Welding
• Heating and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
• Bus and Truck Driver

To help support students, New Castle School of Trades may offer some services to students like those listed below:

• Night and weekend classes available
• Career path counseling
• Work study style employment
• Assisting students to find work

The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges has accredited the program courses of New Castle School of Trades for over forty-one straight years. To see more and get consumer disclosures, please visit ncstrades.edu.

Students Enrolled in the Welding Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Neumann offers a less than two-year award program in welding.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters

Description

Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, welders, cutters, and welder fitters employment is expected to grow at a rate of 3.6% from 2014 to 2024

Salary & Wages

• Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 630
  • Average Hourly Rate: $20.99
  • Average Annual Salary: $43650
• Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 830
  • Average Hourly Rate: $20.33
  • Average Annual Salary: $42290
• Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 460
  • Average Hourly Rate: $25.19
  • Average Annual Salary: $52380

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Description

Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders employment is expected to shrink at a rate of -18.0% from 2014 to 2024

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).