Students, when they leave the accelerated program, do so with 3G welding certification, a qualification that applies across the industry. Some, too, are certified in blueprint reading.

The trainees were grouped into two cohorts including the first 80 students who were trained in SMAW 1G, 2G, and 3G welding and the remaining 80 that underwent training in SMAW 4G, 5G and 6G.