Welding Plus Pressure Welding

CampusStart DateTuition/Fees
MonctonSeptember 2025 (Blended Delivery)
 
Domestic
Saint JohnSeptember 2025 (Blended Delivery) Domestic

Program Overview

From buildings to pipelines, aircraft, and automobiles, if it’s made of metal, a welder had a hand in making it. If you’re looking for a hands-on trade that’s in high demand across many industries, welding could be the career spark for a great future.
 
The NBCC Welding Plus Pressure Welding program combines hands-on training and theoretical instruction, covering a range of welding techniques and processes including manual and semi-automatic welding and cutting processes, trade safety, codes and standards, basic fabrication, and overall knowledge of metallurgy. In our program, you’ll also receive instruction and gain practical experience focused on pressure welding on plate and pipe, preparing you to gain Pressure Welding certifications in addition to your certificate. Significant time is spent practicing welding techniques under the guidance of our experienced instructors, and in some cases, you may even be able to take advantage of opportunities for testing for the Class B F3 or F3/F4 Approved tickets as part of your studies.
 
Whether you're looking to start your welding career or enhance your expertise in pressure applications, our program can equip you with the practical experience and industry insights needed to succeed.


Duration

The requirements for this certificate program may be achieved within one academic year of full-time study.


Admission Requirements

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  • High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency or Essential Skills Achievement Pathway: Post-Secondary Entry High School Diploma

    NB Francophone High School Math Equivalencies
    International Student Admission Equivalencies


    Career Possibilities

    With Canada’s ongoing industrial, infrastructure and energy projects, plus a solid manufacturing base, opportunities for welders exist across the country and in most sectors including construction, manufacturing, shipbuilding, energy, and natural resources.
     
    Graduates often start with cutting, welding, fabricating and fitting roles at construction firms, manufacturing companies, fabrication shops, and specialized welding shops, but with experience and the opportunity to specialize in specific types of welding including marine/shipbuilding, pressure, aluminum and other metals, your opportunities and pay scale grow. Many skilled welders also choose to work for themselves, and there is no shortage of work to be found.
     
    With ongoing demand, and good salaries that can average more than $40/hr for specialized workers such as boilermakers, It's the perfect time to join the skilled welding trade and become a vital part of building and maintaining the infrastructure of our modern world. 

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    Specific Considerations

    Technology Requirements
    NBCC is a connected learning environment. All programs require a minimum specification, including access to the internet and a laptop. Your computer should meet your program technology requirements to ensure the software required for your program operates effectively. Free wifi is provided on all campuses.


    Areas of Study

    • Workplace Safety
    • Tools and Equipment
    • Blueprint Reading
    • Rigging and Hoisting
    • Employment Skills
    • Communication Skills
    • Mathematics
    • Shop Safety
    • Oxy-Fuel Cutting
    • Shielded Metal Arc Welding
    • Metallurgy
    • Semi-Automatic Welding
    • Cutting and Gouging Processes
    • Open Root Groove Welding on Plate and Pipe


    Program Courses

    Courses are subject to change.

    The purpose of this course is to refresh skills in mathematics developed through secondary programs in areas deemed essential for the successful completion of the program. Although the topics covered in this course are common to any math program, every effort is made to illustrate their usage in the trades’ professions.

    In this course, the students are presented with a balance of theoretical mathematics and applied mathematics. Instructional emphasis is focussed on the information, principles and formulas required to perform trade related mathematical calculations.

    Prerequisites:

    • MATH1269A

    This is an introductory course on methods used to identify metals and understand their mechanical and physical properties. Learners acquire knowledge of the effects of heat and welding on carbon steel.
     

    Prerequisites:

    • SECU1322B

    This course instructs learners on the safe and efficient use of power and manual fabrication equipment. Learners use basic fabrication techniques to produce a small component from a shop drawing or sketch. 
     

    Prerequisites:

    • PRLP1093A
    • WDSO1232B
    • WDSO1234B

    This course provides an introduction to the meaning of community service.  Students learn how community service can enhance a student’s educational experience, personal growth, employability, and civic responsibility. Students participate in one day of volunteering to enhance their understanding of civic responsibility and to help the New Brunswick Community College realize its vision of transforming lives and communities.

    In this course, learners focus on applying communication skills in reading, writing, speaking, document use, and critical thinking to make communication effective and efficient while developing computer-related skills necessary to be successful in college and on the job in a trade.

     

    In this course, learners focus on acquiring job search skills to gain a work-term placement as well as employment while also, developing interpersonal communication skills needed to grow their career.
     

    This course is designed to provide students with the skills to sketch and read blueprints to extract information. Students learn to interpret information from blueprints and use proper instruments and techniques to produce drawings.
     

    Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to correctly interpret welding symbols and non-destructive examination symbols.
     

    Prerequisites:

    • PRLP1093A

    A safe and healthy workplace is the responsibility of the employer and the employee. This course introduces students to the importance of working safely and addresses how employers and employees can control the hazards and risks associated with the workplace. Students will also learn about the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders including WorkSafeNB, the employer and the employee in ensuring workplaces are safe.

    This course introduces students to the safe use of rigging, hoisting and lifting equipment.

    Prerequisites:

      Learners acquire knowledge of the practices related to safe use and care of manual and power hand tools, measuring and layout tools, and stationary equipment pertaining to the trade. Learners are knowledgeable in the selection and installation of fasteners related to use of these tools.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • SECU1322B

      This is an introductory course in the shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) process. Learners acquire the knowledge in the practices and procedures related to the safe use and care of SMAW equipment, electrode selection, identifying weld faults, and various joint designs.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • WDSO1232B
      • SECU1322B

      This is an introductory course in the gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process. Learners acquire knowledge in the practices and procedures related to the safe use and care of GMAW equipment, consumable selection, modes of metal transfer, and troubleshooting.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • SECU1322B

      Learners acquire the knowledge of safe practices related to set-up, maintenance, and use of Oxy-Fuel, Electric Arc, and Plasma Arc Cutting and gouging equipment. They develop skills in both freehand and guided techniques and learn to troubleshoot faults related to cutting and gouging operations.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • SECU1322B

      This course instructs learners on the welding techniques and theory-based knowledge to perform groove welds on butt joints using electrodes from the F3 classification. Upon completion, a destructive bend test is performed to evaluate their welds.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • WDSO1233A

      This course instructs learners on the welding techniques and theory-based knowledge to perform groove welds on butt joints using electrodes from the F4 classification. Upon completion, a destructive bend test will be performed to evaluate their welds.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • WDSO1233A

      This course is designed to introduce learners to the proper welding techniques and theory-based knowledge in the Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) and Metal-Cored Arc Welding (MCAW) processes. Learners acquire skills and apply the practices and procedures related to the safe use and care of FCAW equipment, consumable selection, modes of metal transfer, and troubleshooting.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • WDSO1234B

      This course instructs learners on welding techniques and theory-based knowledge to perform groove welds on butt joints using electrodes from the F3 classification as per ASME section IX. The importance of trade and shop safety will be emphasized through instruction, shop practice, and assessment. Learners must meet the visual criteria before moving to the guided bend test. Learners also must be successful in each section of the guided bend test to advance to the next position. Learners start in the flat position and, once successful, move to the horizontal position. Learners will spend significant time practicing welding techniques under guided supervision.
       
       

      This course instructs learners on welding techniques and theory-based knowledge to perform groove welds on butt joints using electrodes from the F3 classification as per ASME section IX. The importance of trade and shop safety will be emphasized through instruction, shop practice, and assessment. Learners must meet the visual criteria before moving to the guided bend test. Learners also must be successful in each section of the guided bend test to advance to the next position. Learners start in the vertical position and, once successful, move to the overhead position. Learners will spend significant time practicing welding techniques under guided supervision.

       

      Prerequisites:

      • WDSO1295A

      This module instructs learners on welding techniques and theory-based knowledge to perform SMAW welds on pipe in the 2G and 5G positions. The importance of trade and shop safety will be emphasized through instruction, shop practice, and assessment. Learners will perform the welds in various diameters and positions and spend significant time practicing welding techniques under guided supervision.
       

      This module instructs learners on welding techniques and theory-based knowledge to perform SMAW welds on pipe in the 6G position. The importance of trade and shop safety will be emphasized through instruction, shop practice, and assessment. Learners will perform the welds in various diameters and positions and spend significant time practicing welding techniques under guided supervision.
       

      Prerequisites:

      • WDSO1297A


      NOC Codes

      72103 - Boilermakers
      72104 - Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
      72106 - Welders and related machine operators
      72301 - Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers


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