Welding Journal

Over the past decade, data from Weld-Ed has shown a steady increase in students enrolling in welding programs nationwide. This trend has placed many legacy trade schools and welding programs in an unfamiliar situation, with demand exceeding available seats due to years of consolidation and scaling back.

In 2017, recognizing the need to expand program capacity, the AWS Foundation Board of Trustees established the Welding Workforce Grant to provide funding for schools to expand labs and enhance programs with ad..