Welders and fabricators play a key role in the economy, driving growth, innovation and sustainability across various industries, including infrastructure development and the manufacturing sector. Master in-demand skills in welding, fabrication, detailing and millwrighting.

 

As a welder/fabricator technician, you will find job opportunities in any industry where metal fabrication and maintenance are performed. Your new skills can take you anywhere:

• You could work in manufacturing, construction, welding or inspection.
• Fabricate mining equipment; machinery; pipelines; bridge truss systems; vehicles such as subway cars and fire trucks; or shipbuilding and aerospace. 
• Get an employment edge with certificates you can earn in the program, such as certified welder, structural steel plate fitter, certified welding inspector or welding supervisor. 
• You could fast track into an apprenticeship. 

 

Our grads get great jobs

• Technical Advisor, Voith Hydro Inc. 
• Welder, Durose Manufacturing Limited 
• Welder/Setter, L-3 Communications 
• Welder/Fitter, North American Steel 
• Level 2 Welding Inspector, Canadian Welding Bureau 
• Thermite Welding, Canadian Pacific Railway 
• Production/Welding, Honda Canada 
• Welder/Fabricator, Material Handling Systems 
• Welder/Fabricator, Timmins Trailers 
• Welder/Fabricator, McCloskey International Ltd. 

 

Is it for you?

Welders play an essential role in building and maintaining critical infrastructure. This is a good career for people who: 

• Show precision in their work. 
• Have solid math skills. 
• Take pride in doing things right. 
• Would like to master a skill that will be in demand wherever they go. 

 

How you'll learn

Experiential learning 

Prepare to meet increasingly complex industry standards through hands-on learning in Loyalist’s newly equipped The Bay of Quinte Skills Centre: 

• Follow projects from the engineering drawings stage, through cutting and forming processes, to the completion of the job and quality inspection. 
• Create with new and evolving technologies such as CNC press brakes, CNC plasma cutting and 3D designing. 
• Practise welding techniques such as gas metal arc welding, shielded metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding. 
• Participate in the Ontario Skills Competition and field trips to the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show. 

 

Obtain certification with the Canadian Welding Bureau for the following welding certificates in Loyalist’s on-site test centre: 

• Gas Metal Arc Welding (G.M.A.W.) Flat Position 
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Steel (G.T.A.W.) Fillet 
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Stainless Steel (G.T.A.W.) Fillet 
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Aluminum (G.T.A.W.) Fillet 
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding (S.M.A.W.) Four Positions 
• Flux Cored Arc Welding (F.C.A.W.) Flat Position 
• Metal Cored Arc Welding (M.C.A.W.) Flat Position 
• Welding Inspector Certificate and Welding Supervisor are also offered through the Canadian Welding Bureau Centre for Learning (part of the C.W.B. Group) 
• Expand your theoretical and practical skillset, along with in-depth trade practices and job planning skills, in the two-year diploma program.

 

Outstanding faculty make the difference 

Learn in bright, well-equipped facilities with dedicated faculty: 

• Professors include a Red Seal Structural Plate Fitter and proceeding officer with the Canadian Welding Bureau. 
• Teachers have a vast network of industry contacts to help connect students with jobs.