AVÌìÌÃ

College powers up new welding building in Penticton

August 20, 2018

Welders training in the South Okanagan now have a state-of-the-art new shop in which to spark their torches and test their metal. AVÌìÌà officials, students, industry partners and community members gathered at the Penticton campus today to mark the opening of the College’s new $2.2-million, 465-square-metre (5,000 square ft.), welding facility. Among them was a class of 16 Welder Foundation students, who, under the tutelage of instructor Mark Stathers, will be the first to train in the facility. The shop they’ll soon step into i...

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