Grant funding More Welding Booths at TCTC

A $250,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission will add 24 new welding booths and equipment at Tri-County Technical College’s Industrial Technology Center, allowing the College to expand enrollment in one of its fastest-growing technical programs.  There are currently 120 students enrolled in the Welding program, between day and evening classes.  This grant will allow the college to expand the program to accept 48 more students and funding to purchase most of the welding equipment needed for instruction. Matching funds will supply the remainder of the welding equipment and all installation costs, including special ventilation and piping of the potentially hazardous gasses. Until the Industrial Technology Center opened in spring of 2013, enrollment was limited to the number of welding booths at the Pendleton Campus.