TPT-January-2015

Welding technology

Virtual and practical welding studio opens at Goole College

Adrian Hawkins, Weldability-Sif Foundation director and trustee, commented, “The Weldability-Sif Foundation was established and registered as a charity to specifically encourage the development of new welder training facilities across the UK. Welding plays an important role in manufacturing and is used in a multitude of different industries including food processing, quarrying, shipping, as well as energy and UK infrastructure industries. Welding plays an active part in keeping it all together and foundation-level welder skills training at Goole College is another step towards a full apprenticeship programme designed to meet demand and overcome the current skills shortage in the UK welding industry.” Lynne Richardson, principal at Goole College, said, “This new facility allows us to provide a technology leading, fully joined-up training programme that will address the skills shortage that exists within the area. By providing modern, interactive training solutions we provide an engaging learning environment that captures the students’ imagination and significantly improves their experience. These new welder training centres will provide trainee welders with the opportunity to progress from the foundation level through to a passport to practice welding internationally, leading in turn towards higher welding industry qualifications including to the Welding Institute, International Welding Diploma level.” Weldability-SIF supplies MIG, TIG, MMA, spot and oxy/fuel welding and plasma cutting machines, torches, accessories, consumables and personal protective equipment to the UK distributor market, as well as exporting to a number of countries around the world. The company’s Letchworth Garden City facility enables distributors to single- source over 2,000 different products, and allows the company to maintain its stock of high-volume consumables, including the distribution of over 6,000 tons of mild steel MIG welding wire per year.

welder training facilities across the UK. Goole College is one of 16 colleges that have already agreed to provide training facilities funded by the Foundation charity, which will be co-funding welder training facilities at colleges over the next five years.

UK-BASED one-stop welding products supplier Weldability-Sif has opened a virtual and practical welding studio at Goole College as part of an ongoing strategy from the Weldability-Sif Foundation charity to pro-actively encourage the development of new

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