{"id":121,"date":"2021-12-12T02:37:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T02:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yorktech.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2021-volume-3-issue-1\/high-demand-career-in-a-year\/"},"modified":"2021-12-13T15:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:21:57","slug":"high-demand-career-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorktech.mycareerfocus.org\/winter-spring-2022-volume-3-issue-1\/high-demand-career-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Demand Career in A Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Certified welders are in great demand.\u00a0 Metal is what you see everywhere \u2013 cars, buses, trains, planes and boats, and more. \u200aThe world\u2019s infrastructure depends on metal. If you are looking for a job with high growth potential, consider welding. The American Welding Society projects 314,000 new welding job needed by 2024. About 78,500 average welding jobs are to be filled annually through 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">York Technical College\u2019s programs provide the training you need to master a variety of welding processes and techniques, including foundational welding skills for employment or for personal or artistic use.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Welding is wide-open for today\u2019s industries<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Welders work in a variety of jobs in wide-ranging industries, including (but not limited to): aerospace, agriculture, automotive, chemical processing, manufacturing, oil and gas extraction, plumbing and pipe welding, robotics and underwater welding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Students are provided with the technical skills for employment as welders in shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">York Technical College offers four welding curriculum options AAS in General Technology, Certificate in Basic Welding, MIG\/TIG\/Pipe Welding and DAS Welding<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Our instructors are American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The median pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u2022 Starting Wage:<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">$19-22 per hour<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u2022 Class Schedules:<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Day Classes, Summer Courses, Evening Classes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u2022 Instructors are American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspectors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certified welders are in great demand.\u00a0 Metal is what you see everywhere \u2013 cars, buses, trains, planes and boats, and more. \u200aThe world\u2019s infrastructure depends on metal. 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