More welding training places on offer at South West College

A TOTAL of 12 places are available on the latest welding training course to be held at South West College.

The Assured Skills Collaborative Welding Academy will see successful applicants receive industry-standard welding training during a six-week course in Cookstown.

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will be guaranteed an interview for a welding position at one of 19 participating engineering and manufacturing companies, including Clogher’s OHM and Todds Leap Racking and Shelving, outside Ballygawley.

Economy Minister, Gordon Lyons, said he was “very pleased” to launch the latest six-week course, the sixth such academy to be delivered by the college this financial year.

Mr Lyons said, “Indeed, in this financial year we are on track to deliver 15 Collaborative Welding Academies offering approximately 200 training places with further education colleges and companies across Northern Ireland.

“Since the Collaborative Welding Academies started in April 2018, 221 people have participated on the Academies and of those, 163 were successfully upskilled and 133 secured employment.

“This Academy will see 12 more people gain the skills they need to potentially secure a job in this dynamic sector.

“With a £155 weekly training allowance payable to participants and no experience in the sector required, I urge anyone who is interested to apply.”

The successful applicants to the Academy will attend a six-week intensive training course delivered
by SWC at its dedicated training
facility in Cookstown, where they will study ETCAL Level 2 Performing Engineering Operations and Certified Abrasive Wheels Training.

Ciaran McManus, South West College assistant chief executive, added, “South West College is committed to working in partnership with the Department and local industry to design and deliver high quality training interventions which prepare participants to take up employment in the engineering and manufacturing sector.”

Applications are open now and close at noon on Friday, February 11, 2022.

All applicants must be at least 18 years old by Monday, March 7, 2022, and currently eligible to work in the UK.

This opportunity is not open to anyone currently employed within the manufacturing and engineering sector.