The welding program at Manassas offers welding courses that are fully transferrable to any community college in the state and are grounded by national quality standards. The program includes instruction in basics as well as advanced topics structured with the goal of developing skills necessary for employment. The new faculty (Former certified welding inspector) is well versed, educated and experienced in a wide variety of welding occupational directions and will be of great assistance. The program offers beginning instruction advancing to code welding experiences with structural steel and pipe welding technique presented by qualified faculty that has held unlimited AWS welding certifications to weld structural steel and ASME pipe welding certification. Typical students are a diverse group from the area employed by area employers upgrading skills as well as beginners developing new skills for hobbies, artwork, and employment.