{"id":18,"date":"2019-05-10T01:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T01:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/welding\/"},"modified":"2019-05-11T00:05:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T00:05:36","slug":"welding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/welding\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold'; font-size: 14pt;\">A job that offers a sizable paycheck, lots of job opportunities across many industries and the opportunity to travel the world if you wish to!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">When you enroll at Northland Pioneer College to learn welding, you\u2019ll build the foundation for awesome career opportunities for yourself. Welding is one of the top NPC programs in terms of graduates gaining employment, and now is a great time to train for the welding industry. Because the supply of quality welders is not meeting the current demand, employers will come looking for skilled welders like you when you complete your training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">NPC has long been recognized as the go-to <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">welding <\/span>institution among Arizona community colleges. For many\u00a0years, NPC has been setting the standard in Arizona for\u00a0welding instruction. It\u2019s also the go-to college for employers, who recognize the quality of the welders trained by expert NPC faculty. Earn your associate degree here, and you can go directly to work and set yourself up for a great career and life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The <i>U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/i> reports that in\u00a0Arizona you can earn a salary in excess of <b>$<\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">64,000<\/span> a year<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">as a welder. Some of our welding graduates are earning even more than that! As an expertly trained welder, you\u2019ll\u00a0find highly favorable employment prospects. Two out of every three jobs in the manufacturing sector are held by welders, brazers or solderers. Welding standards are\u00a0universal across industries and this flexibility will pre-sent you with a wide range of job opportunities.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Frank Pinnell<\/span>, Welding Department chair and faculty\u00a0at NPC, says, \u201cWhat sets our program apart is that our\u00a0instructors will not only teach you how to be a great welder, but they will also train you in \u2018soft skills,\u2019 giving\u00a0you the tools you need to present yourself in a professional\u00a0and articulate manner during your future job interviews\u00a0and throughout your career.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">In just two short years, you can earn your associate degree in Welding at NPC, and there are even opportunities for students still in high school to get an early start.\u00a0Earning a degree will enable you to start your career at\u00a0a higher salary, will show you\u2019re committed to your craft\u00a0and will position you for future leadership opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">You\u2019ll learn from an experienced faculty and study from <i>National Center for Construction Education and\u00a0Research<\/i> (NCCER) textbooks, so you can gain the industry standard NCCER certification. You\u2019ll also gain <i>Amer<\/i><i>ican Welding Society<\/i> certifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Pinnell says, \u201cThese credentials <i>significantly<\/i> strengthen\u00a0the r\u00e9sum\u00e9s of NPC welding graduates and give you a\u00a0hiring edge over job candidates without them. You\u2019ll learn from hands-on experience in the welding lab and from NCCER textbooks, which prepare you to meet current industry standards in the workplace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">While you\u2019re learning welding skills, you\u2019ll also learn leadership skills by serving as \u201cclass foreman.\u201d You\u2019ll gain\u00a0confidence and poise by making presentations to the class\u00a0to prepare you for future job interviews and leadership roles. This is part of what will make <i>you<\/i> stand out from other applicants who are applying for the job you want. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">You\u2019ll also get the opportunity to put your skills to the\u00a0test each year when you compete with fellow students in\u00a0regional and state welding skills competitions. Employers\u00a0attend the state and national competitions to scout for talent, and many of our students receive job offers to go straight to work upon graduation! Some have even been offered jobs in sought-after places like Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">All of our faculty are focused on making sure you get close, personal attention throughout your time in NPC\u2019s welding program \u2014 from long-time faculty to adjunct instructors and lab aides. Pinnell has taught at the St.\u00a0Johns Center for 16 years, training numerous men and women who are now leading successful welding careers. <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Randy Hoskins<\/span>, has been the instructor at the Show Low campus for 15 years, and <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Wesley King<\/span>, is now in\u00a0his fifth year of teaching at the Holbrook campus.\u00a0Adjunct instructors <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Cyli Giesler<\/span>, <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Rick Stinnett<\/span>, <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Dale Rencher<\/span> and <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">William Tomkinson<\/span>, along with lab aides,\u00a0will also ensure you develop top-notch skills along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">NPC welding instruction is tried, tested and success-ful. <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Eighty-four percent of our graduates get hired\u00a0for well-paying jobs!<\/span> Morning and afternoon programs\u00a0are available for high school students in the Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology (NAVIT) program. Evening programs are available for adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">In addition to the associate degree program, NPC also\u00a0offers the Certificate of Applied Science in Welding, which\u00a0requires 30 credit hours, as well as three different levels\u00a0of the Certificate of Proficiency in Welding: Entry Level I\u00a0(13 credit hours), Intermediate Level II (11 credit hours) and Advanced Welding Level III (21 credit hours).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">As an NPC welding student, you\u2019ll also have opportunities to contribute your skills to community service projects. Most recently, NPC welding students created bus stop shelters for the City of Show Low, built steps for the Show Low Animal Shelter, refurbished a brush truck for\u00a0the Vernon Fire Department, built escape ladders to prevent birds and wildlife from drowning in stock tanks and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Pinnell says, \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for community service opportunities, and these were good welding projects to work on.\u201d Hoskins says, \u201cAs a community college, we like to help locally where we can. The students\u00a0who volunteer for these projects get a valuable, real-world opportunity to practice fabrication, learning skills that will help them in their careers.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">And don\u2019t be surprised if one of the many successful NPC welding graduates stops by the classroom to share\u00a0his or her expertise and job experience with you or serves\u00a0as your guide on a field trip to a fabricating company, as\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Tommy Allen<\/span> did last fall at Schuff Steel, in Bellemont, Ariz. (see sidebar). The NPC welding program often invites\u00a0potential employers and graduates working in the field to\u00a0speak to current students and takes field trips to weld-ing industry companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">All of these plusses explain why you should enroll in<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">NPC\u2019s welding program. You\u2019ll receive an affordable, <i>quality<\/i> education that can help you transform your life. Speak to an academic adviser about how to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npc.edu\/welding\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">www.npc.edu\/welding<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Employers Love NPC Welders!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Two highly respected Arizona industries know they are<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">gaining quality employees when they hire NPC welding graduates. <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">CAID Industries<\/span>, of Tucson, and <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Superior Industries<\/span>, of Prescott, both value and seek NPC weld-ing graduates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22\" src=\"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding1-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>To meet the heavy demand for talented welders, CAID<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Industries visited the college this spring to test and inter<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">view NPC welding students. Founded in 1947, CAID was<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">ranked as one of North America\u2019s top metal fabricators by the <em>Fabricators &amp; Manufacturers Association International<\/em><i>.<\/i> CAID provides precision machining services and<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">automation equipment for customers in the mining, energy, aerospace and healthcare industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The Tucson-based company has previously hired four NPC graduates, and Chad Malnar, a welding engineer at CAID, says they have all been regarded as \u201chighly skilled and productive welders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding2-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding2-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding2-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This was the first year CAID Industries conducted<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">on-site testing at NPC, and it could potentially become an<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">annual event. \u201cCurrently the welding industry as a whole<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">is experiencing a lack of quality welders, and recruitment of younger, talented welders is becoming vital to sustaining our growing company,\u201d Malnar explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">NPC has a long history of producing excellent welders,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">so the NPC welding program was a natural recruiting destination for CAID. Malnar says, \u201cOne reason we came<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">up to test at NPC is because we know the college has a solid program, and because it is in a more rural area, which typically leads to a better work ethic. This is a quality which has become a difficult thing to find in younger welders,\u201d Malnar says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding3-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding3-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding3-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Gavin McInelly<\/span>, an All-Arizona Academic Team member who earned an associate degree in welding at NPC in 2017, is one of the most recent welders to gain employment at CAID Industries.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">A second company, Superior Industries, is an industry<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">leader in dry bulk processing and handling equipment, fuel delivery and storage equipment and precast concrete<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">products. Elizabeth Knell, human resources director, says,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cApplicants we\u2019ve interviewed or hired from NPC are well-rounded students and are clearly being prepared to<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">enter the workforce. This is evidenced by their good inter<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">view skills, well-thought-out questions and excellent r\u00e9sum\u00e9s. Superior has benefited specifically from the welding program at NPC due to the practical welding skills that we are looking for in a quality new hire, such<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">as print reading, knowledge of weld symbols, weld prep<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">and MIG welding [an arc welding process used to join two base materials together]. The result has been the<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">hiring of safety-conscious, quality-minded and production-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">ready workers who are prepared to work directly in our manufacturing facility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25\" src=\"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding4-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding4-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding4-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>NPC alumni currently working at Superior Industries include past honor students <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Aaron Sherrill <\/span>and <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Kobe Paddock<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Just Some of NPC\u2019s Star Graduates<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">NPC\u2019s welding program provided the perfect setting for <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Tommy Allen<\/span> to train for his successful career. He\u00a0earned an associate degree in welding in 2005, and now\u00a0he\u2019s in his 12th year as the team leader at Schuff Steel, in Bellemont, Ariz. \u201cWhat I love about NPC is that it\u2019s a\u00a0good place to better yourself. If I didn\u2019t have that training, I really don\u2019t know where I\u2019d be,\u201d he says. Last fall,\u00a0Allen gave a company tour to 12 current NPC welding students and encouraged them to pursue excellence in college training for their future careers. He keeps in touch with NPC welding instructors and helped them incorporate a training method that makes NPC students better candidates for jobs at Schuff Steel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26\" src=\"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding5-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding5-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding5-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Welding5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>You just know someone is respected in their trade when\u00a0their story is featured in a college textbook! A 2002 graduate of the NPC welding program, <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Val Baumann\u2019s <\/span>story is prominently featured in the <em>National Center for\u00a0Construction Education and Research<\/em> textbook used in\u00a0NPC welding classes. As a student here, he quickly demonstrated that he had the makings of a promising career in welding. He did so well in his first semester that he began assisting his fellow students as a lab aide in the second semester. Baumann further demonstrated his considerable skills by winning the state championship in\u00a0SkillsUSA welding and then by placing fifth in the national SkillsUSA competition. Professionally, he has worked as an adjunct instructor for NPC\u2019s welding pro-gram (2005-06), as a fabricator at JL Steel in Taylor and,\u00a0for the past 10 years, as a welder at the Arizona Public Service Cholla Power Plant in Joseph City. He says NPC\u2019s\u00a0welding program is \u201cdefinitely a good program that helps\u00a0people out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Patrick Meza<\/span> is the son of NPC construction faculty <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><b>Jorge Meza<\/b><\/span> and one of five Meza children to earn an associate degree at the college. He graduated in 2008 and now contracts as a pipeline welder with Western Industrial, working all over the Southwest U.S. He says,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cNPC gave me a really good start and great welding knowledge. I love what I do, and working on pipelines is<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">the highest level you can reach, with the highest pay and<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">the highest level of responsibility.\u201d Meza lives in Show Low and enjoys visiting NPC\u2019s welding classroom from time to time to offer tips and inspiration to the current students. \u201cI do it every chance I get. I like to give demon<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">strations at the college and help the students as much as<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">I can. I give the students pep talks and tell them \u2018you can<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">make six figures in this business if you push yourself.\u2019\u201d Patrick\u2019s brother <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Jordan Meza<\/span> also earned an associate degree in welding at NPC and is now a welding<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">inspector in the Phoenix area. He has worked on some huge projects, including the Arizona State University football stadium and the Palo Verde Generating Station.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27\" src=\"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Statue_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Statue_web.jpg 402w, https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Statue_web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">NPC Also Offers Metal Art!<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">NPC\u2019s Welding Department in Show Low offers two innovative metal art classes that include <b>armor<\/b> and <b>weaponry fabrica<\/b><b>tion<\/b> and <b>bronze casting<\/b>. These<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">classes focus on developing tech<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">nical skills in black-smith forging, scrollwork, bending<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">and forming of sheet metal. Students learn how to work<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">with brass, copper, steel and iron to produce functional<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">objects. Instructor <b>Howard Noble<\/b> (pictured above) has 36 years of experience in metal art, he\u2019s won<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">numerous honors at county, state and regional compe<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">titions and also appeared last year on The History Channel\u2019s <i>\u201cForged In Fire\u201d<\/i> television program. Noble also sculpted and cast the new founders\u2019 monument for the City of Show Low two years ago, and some of his NPC students had the opportunity to participate in<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">that project to showcase the city\u2019s history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A job that offers a sizable paycheck, lots of job opportunities across many industries and the opportunity to travel the world if you wish to! When you enroll at Northland Pioneer College to learn welding, you\u2019ll build the foundation for awesome career opportunities for yourself. 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