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Become a Welder

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Overview

Complete your welding training in your spare time around your current employment.

Before you start any sort of training, it is important to know what area of the industry is most suited to you. Having an initial conversation with us may help guide you to the right path.

Here at The Skills Centre, our aim is to provide a tailored solution for you to become a fully qualified Welder.

You have hidden talents just waiting to be revealed and we can’t wait to help them come to light.

With our guidance, you’ll experience all of the training necessary to become a fully qualified welder with our welding courses.

Many people are worried about not having the time to do the course, but we work around you.

Work from home via our bespoke manuals and virtual reality simulations, and learn key skills. All assessed by your personal tutor, handpicked for their communication skills, competence and experience in the field.

Your Welding Training Begins

There are multiple sectors that require qualified welders, aerospace, oil and gas, automotive, construction, boiler making, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding, agriculture, transport, electronics and most engineering services. 

This broad spectrum makes life as a certified welder extremely varied and interesting. Whether you are looking to build your own business or find the perfect employer, this course is perfect to achieve this. Our course fits around your current work and other commitments.

Our courses work around your current circumstances and may be easier than you might think. We have a success rate of over 10,000 people becoming qualified each year. We provide all the knowledge, expertise and guidance you need to succeed.

Our course will provide skills in Oxyacetylene, Manual Metal Arc, MIG and TIG welding processes, and enable you to weld everything from stainless steel pipe to aluminium.

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Welding Qualifications

Level 1 & Level 2 Theory Modules
  • City & Guilds level 1 Award in introductory Welding Skills Oxy-Acetylene Welding
  • City & Guilds level 1 Award in introductory Welding Skills Metal Inert Gas Welding
  • City & Guilds level 1 Award in introductory Welding Skills Metal Arc Welding
  • City & Guilds level 1 Award in introductory Welding Skills Metal Arc Welding
  • City & Guilds level 2 Award in Welding Skills Tungsten Inert Gas Welding
  • City & Guilds level 2 Award in Welding Skills Manual Metal Arc Welding

Please note that all examinations and assessments are conducted by an accredited external organisation and all BPEC qualifications are delivered through BPEC approved training centres

When Qualified you will be ready for...

  • Work as a fully qualified Welder within the engineering industry
  • The Awards and Certificates can help you develop your welding and fabrication career further and take on jobs that require more specialist skills.
  • Develop a career or even a business in this essential craft.
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What our students say...

I really appreciate tutor's patience in relationship with the students. I have noticed his outstanding ability to organise his time in regards with the student's demands ( for example if there are three students having different levels of understanding, the tutor can split his time to pay attention and teach the study material for each individual without delaying study pace for the rest of the classroom). That's really amazing the way the tutor manages his resources regard student's each individual needs!!! Thank you!
Michael Vincent
Great help, great workshop, great staff in all departments, looking forward to the next week​​
NICHOLAS PAINTON
I attended feeling a bit worried and thinking i wouldn't understands fully. The tutor helped as much as he could and explained things with ease and was easy to get on with and made it a very pleasant experience.
Timothy Sutcliffe
Tutor was great, made the mundane part of the course fun. very informative, helped me pass this exam. great experience.
Ben Carter
Tutor was very knowledgeable and his delivery of the course was A+. He was great in the way of handling me answering questions incorrect and very professional.
Sarah Down
Tutor was very helpful and answered every question I could ask in great detail. It was very useful the way the sessions were conducted and focused on the most important and difficult areas of the course. Some equipment was faulty but replaced in quick time when flagged.
Amar Khin
Although COVID has forced the centres to take in less students, and having to compress the weeks of the course together the staff managed to give a high quality of instructing and mentoring to help us get up to standard for out practical and theory exams.
Charlie Davies
Excellent standards from all tutors. Can’t fault the service provided by the team. Thank you
Seb Cornish

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What makes our Skills Centre stand out from the competition is the benefit of having multiple on-site training locations around the UK. This removes the need for students to find an apprenticeship and instead receive all their essential qualifications in the same course, reducing qualification time by around 30%.

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