Welding Program

The welding program at Pamlico Community College 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 North Carolina colleges that offer welding program.

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Pamlico Community College (PCC)

601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC

Pamlico Community College, located in coastal Pamlico County, North Carolina, is the right choice for you if you are looking for accessible and affordable quality education, training and lifelong learning opportunities through quality teaching. With this as their mission, they strive to educate and support you and ensure that the college is an enriching and productive experience for you.

Founded in 1962, as an industrial education center, this college offers a wide variety of programs in varied disciplines such as Allied Health, Arts and Sciences, Business Technologies, Cosmetology, General Occupational Technology, Horticulture and Welding Technology. You can get details of the programs from their website. They also offer Distance learning programs. If you can connect to the internet you can earn college credits! Distance learning courses meet the standards established by the North Carolina Community College System and are accepted as part of the graduation requirement for an approved degree, diploma or certificate.

PCC is accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award Associate Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates.

Education does not come easily and it requires investment of your efforts, your time and your resources. If you need assistance in terms of finance, PCC is there to counsel you and help you to be able to attend college.

To help you achieve your educational as well as career goals, PCC provides support through different student services. They also have a Student Success Center that provides tutoring by experienced tutors in English and Math. A Small Business Center provides free and confidential counseling for businesses that are new or existing.

With the varied disciplines offered in education and with all the student services to take advantage of this college is a good choice to start your first step towards achieving your education and career goals.

Students Enrolled in the Welding Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Pamlico Community College has offered the following program levels for students:

• Less Than One Year Certificate
• Associate's Degree

Students by Academic Level (2019)

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

• Wilmington, NC
  • Total Employment: 220
  • Average Hourly Rate: $22.58
  • Average Annual Salary: $46960

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).