Regional Welding Academy featured in Trade & Industry Development magazine

The Regional Welding Academy newly renovated at the Waukon High School/Middle School complex has been featured in the newest issue of Trade & Industry Development magazine, a global publication of Due North Media designed to help industrial executives define corporate strategies for growth, specifically focusing on the many aspects of site selection and facility planning.

The new educational welding facility was featured in the Industrial & Advanced Manufacturing 2020 edition of the magazine as part of an article entitled “Workforce Training Programs are Transforming Businesses” that appears on pages 22-28 of that edition. The Regional Welding Academy was one of seven such facilities featured in that article, getting its specific mention on page 26 for its impact of “listening and responding to employers’ needs.”

The Regional Welding Lab is a partnership between the Allamakee Community School District (ACSD), Allamakee County Economic Development (ACED) and Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC). Waukon High School Industrial Arts Instructor Caleb Ferring heads the program with the intent of allowing students to get hands-on experience, as well as first-hand experience with the problem-solving skills they’ll need for the welding industry and all the opportunities it offers.

Through the newly renovated lab, Northeast Iowa Community College is offering welding career pathway certificate classes for high school students during the school day this academic year. Those classes will be offered in the evenings for adults starting in February of this year.

For more information on the Regional Welding Academy, contact the NICC Waukon Center at 563-568-3060.