这项为期28周的综合Welder Foundation（学徒制）计划为学生提供了学习技能的机会
At College of the Rockies, you will train in our hands-on fully equipped industrial welder shop and take your technical training from our qualified Red Seal Certified instructors. The 28-week Welder Foundation (pre-apprenticeship) program provides students an<br>opportunity to gain the skills, knowledge and training necessary to enter the welder trade and covers the program competencies for Level 1 and Level 2 of the Welder Apprenticeship program. Students learn techniques in cutting, gouging, oxy-fuel welding, shield metal arc welding, semi-automatic welding, gas metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding pulsed, flux core arc welding, metal core arc welding and submerged arc welding. In addition, students will be able to perform basic weld joints using gas tungsten arc welding. The program includes classroom theory, demonstrations and practical hands-on training in a welding shop.