GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas,
Jan. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (NASDAQ: LINC), a
national leader in specialized technical training, is introducing
two new training options this spring to help students begin
hands-on careers that fill critical needs in the American job
market. In Nashville, TN a
new Welding Technology program is now available, and the
Grand Prairie, TX campus will
begin offering an expanded Welding Technology program featuring
pipefitting classes. With opportunities for welders expected
to grow by more than 100,000 around the country in the next eight
years, these programs will provide a new generation of skilled,
trained professionals to help employers overcome the skills gap in
industries from construction and infrastructure, to mining,
manufacturing, and more.
Grand Prairie, TX:
Welding Technology with Introduction to Pipefitting
As an Educational Institution Member of the American Welding
Society, Lincoln Tech's Grand Prairie campus has offered a Welding
Technology program since 2008. Campus President Cory Hughes says the decision to add classes in
pipefitting will further expand career possibilities for graduates
of the program.
"Every time Lincoln Tech introduces
a new program, or enhances an existing one, we do so with an eye to
how it helps better position our students after graduation," Hughes
says. "For more than 50 years the Grand Prairie campus has helped employers in
hands-on industries build their teams, and our expanded welding
curriculum will help continue that tradition."
Pipefitters prepare, cut, and weld steel pipe at job sites for
construction projects, infrastructure maintenance, manufacturing
facilities and more. They perform welding processes such as plasma
arc cutting, shielding metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding,
and flux core arc welding. Lincoln
Tech's program offers courses that teach students the
importance of the math and science behind these skills while
emphasizing hands-on practice in individual welding booths.
Nashville, TN: Welding
with Metal Fabrication Technology
In addition, the Nashville
campus – a cornerstone of the city for nearly 100 years – has
launched a program that will help students build skills for welding
as well as metal fabrication. Upon completion of the program,
students will also be eligible to receive Level One and Two
credentials from the National Center for Construction Education and
Research (NCCER).
To learn more about these new programs, as well as all of
Lincoln Tech's offerings around the
country, visit Lincolntech.edu.
Career projections can be found at careeronestop.org, for the
years 2014-2024.
About Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is a leading provider
of diversified career-oriented post-secondary education. Lincoln
offers recent high school graduates and working adults
career-oriented programs in five principal areas of study:
automotive technology, health sciences, skilled trades, information
technology, and hospitality services. Lincoln has provided the
workforce with skilled technicians since its inception in
1946.
Lincoln currently operates 28 campuses in 15 states under four
brands: Lincoln Technical Institute,
Lincoln College of Technology, Euphoria
Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences, and Lincoln College of New England. Lincoln also
operates Lincoln Culinary Institute in Connecticut.
Contact Information
Lincoln Educational Services
Corporation
Peter Tahinos
(973) 736-9340 x49233
ptahinos@lincolntech.edu
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