Victoria College is offering a Welding Level 1 and a Welding Level 2/3 Combo training course this spring.

Welding Level 1 will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 3-July 9 from 6 to 10 p.m. at VC’s Liberty Street Industrial Training Center. Students will learn welding safety, oxyfuel cutting, plasma arc cutting, air carbon arc cutting and gouging, base metal preparation, joint fit-up and alignment, groove welds and open V-groove welds. The cost for the course is $1,450 and includes the textbook and tool kit.

The Welding Level 2/3 Combo course will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, March 2-July 17 from 6 to 10 p.m. The intermediate course will cover welding symbols, reading detail drawings, physical characteristics and mechanical properties of metals, preheating and postheating of metals, open-root pipe welds and stainless steel groove welds. The cost for the course is $2,300 and includes the textbook.

These courses lead to National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) certification. Students must first complete the Core Curriculum: Introductory Craft Skills course.

Financial aid is available for both courses.

For more information, call (361) 582-2528 or email Mary.Hardy@VictoriaCollege.edu.