Ķųŗģ±¬ĮĻ

Ķųŗģ±¬ĮĻ is excited to announce it will offer an evening Welding and Cutting Certificate starting in Spring 2021.

ā€œThis is such a great opportunity,ā€ said Welding Specialist Maverick Fisher. ā€œItā€™s a chance for high school seniors to get a jump on college. And, itā€™s especially helpful for someone who is working full-time and would like to pursue a career in welding, but canā€™t afford to give up their day job to come to college.ā€

Classes will start at 6 p.m. and meet Monday through Thursday. Courses available for spring include Combination Welding, Metal Cut and Prep and Shielded Metal Arc Welding. The evening certificate will take three semesters to complete.

Beginning next fall, OCC will offer a new Welding and Fabrication Associateā€™s Degree.

ā€œStudents who begin classes this spring will be able to go directly into the degreeā€™s second-year courses in Fall 2022,ā€ Fisher said. ā€œThose classes will also be offered 100 percent in the evenings and students will be able to graduate with their associateā€™s degree in Spring 2023.ā€

For more information or to register for courses, call 618-395-7777. Spring classes start Jan. 11.

The Welding and Fabrication Associateā€™s Degree is a Title III program that is supported in part by a five-year grant awarded to Ķųŗģ±¬ĮĻ from the U.S. Department of Education effective October 1, 2018. The estimated total cost for all project activities is $2,506,775 financed by the grant award of $2,249,968 (90%) and $256,807 (10%) by Ķųŗģ±¬ĮĻ.