Tag: welding training

Collision Repair

Fifty-Five Alive: $55k grant gives Manitoba high school safe welding system for automotive students

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba — Portage Collegiate Institute (PCI) has received a $55,000 skills enhancement grant that has supplied the school with two welding booths and a welding system. Automotive instructor at PCI, Sean Benedictson says that the school applied for a Skill Strategy Enhancement Equipment Fund (SSEEF) grant last year through the province of […]

December 13, 2023

Training

Welding Wave: Welding apprenticeship program coming to Fanshawe College this September

London, Ontario — A class of future welders will finally be able to make use of Fanshawe College’s recently renovated welding lab, as the college announced Wednesday that it will launch a new welding apprenticeship program ahead of the coming fall semester. Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development Monte McNaughton was on […]

January 13, 2023

Events

Making it Span-easy: Spanesi to host spot welder demonstration webinar on Wednesday

Toronto, Ontario — Do you ever find yourself just standing in front of a spot welder, trying to figure your life out? Well Spanesi can at least help you figure out the welder, as the company gears up for Wednesday’s webinar that will cover all the ins-and-outs of the 14,500A STRSW spot welder. To be […]

September 20, 2021

Training

Strengthening the Bond: CWB Group announces new collision repair welding program

Milton, Ontario — The CWB Group is excited to announce the launch of a new collision repair welding program it says it designed “to provide the highest quality repair, utilize best practices, and ensure that vehicles are safely and adequately repaired.” This new program from the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) intends to bring the latest […]

September 7, 2021

Training

I-CAR and CARSTAR team up to offer free welding training for Skills Ontario participants

By Mike Davey Hamilton, Ontario — July 2, 2015 Improper welds can easily compromise a vehicle’s structural integrity. This makes the need for welding training critical, especially when combined with the constant drive towards lightweighting and new material combinations in the auto industry. I-CAR offers training in these areas, but it can be expensive for […]

July 2, 2015