• YCCPCS has leveraged funds from grants including The California Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG), Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) as well as YCCPCS funds to create a welding facility that provides welding courses of instruction to both high school students and adults.

    Students are learning real life welding career skills in the areas of:

    • Shielded Metal Arc Welding
    • Gas Metal Arc Welding
    • Flux Core Arc Welding
    • Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
    • Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting
    • Blueprint and Welding Symbol reading

    Including, but not limited to Workforce “Soft Skills” of:

    • How to be a professional
    • Material Prep and fit-up
    • Properties of metals and how they are affected when welded
    • Reading and understanding the different Welding Codes and how to weld to those codes
    • Basic pipe fitting and pipe welding
    • Understanding measurements and tolerances
    • Weld and machine troubleshooting and repair
    • Welding repairs
    • Weld consumable classification
    • How to fabricate
    • Welding industry safety
    • Understanding Industry Terms