Program Review for Welding
Program Review Framework & Criteria
I. Connection: From interest to application (Qualitative, program head and dean)
1) Please provide a description of any changes to the program since the last cycle and the appropriate updates to the catalog (general education changes, program requirement changes, ancillary program costs for students, hours/credits of credentials, etc.).
PHCC faculty members are approved testers for the National Welding Certifications. Both faculty members possess both CWE (Certified Welding Educator) and a CWI (Certified Welding Inspector) certifications from the American Welding Society. Both Career Studies Certificate and Industrial Welding Certificates contain the same number of credits however WEL 198 and WEL 298 have been changed to 2 credits each in the catalog to accommodate faulty workload limits during summer semesters. Students are required to purchase welding safety gear for classes. The only courses with a textbook requirement are Blueprint and Metallurgy.
2) How do students find out about the program? Please provide examples of advising activities, marketing materials, or other outreach and engagement events designed to recruit students to the program.
The welding program currently has a waiting list of approximately 30 students. Students are contacted from the list and advised of their options and the seats available in the program. The program faculty participate in all seventh grades tours as well as junior /senior tours of PHCC in an attempt to market the program. Faculty visit all local high schools to talk with potential students and pass out brochures with information about the welding program. Additionally the Welding faculty created PHCC Welding shirts to wear while teaching and while out in the local community. To date five students have been recruited based on conversations started during lunch at local restaurants based on the Welding shirts.
II. Entry: From application to pathway entry (Qualitative, program head and dean)
1) Please provide a description of your program credentials and how they stack into one another.
PHCC offers a Career Studies Certificate of 20 credits that consists of 4 welding classes as well as Blueprint Reading and Metallurgy.
WEL – 117 (3) Oxy/Acetylene Welding and Cutting
WEL – 123 (4) ARC Welding Basic
WEL – 124 (4) ARC Welding Advanced
WEL – 130 (3) Inert Gas welding
WEL – 145 (3) Welding Metallurgy
WEL – 150 (30 Welding Drawing and Interpretation
This certificate is 100% stackable into the Industrial Welding Certificate, which consists of 39 credits.
The certificate also includes the remaining welding classes as well as English, Math, Health, and college survival skills.
WEL – 126 (3) Pipe Welding I
WEL – 141 (3) Welding Qualification Tests
WEL – 198 (2) Seminar and Project
WEL – 298 (2) Seminar and Project
ENG – 111 (3) College Composition
MTH – 130 (3) Fundamentals of Reasoning
HLT – 100 (2) First Aid & Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
SDV – 108 (1) College Survival Skills
Questions for consideration:
1.a. What is the employability (or transferability) of each credential?
Some PHCC students find work locally and part time welding jobs upon completion of the CSC. However most of our students in the Certificate program will earn multiple National Welding Certifications and will find employment with regional welding companies. Students often gain employment before graduation. Currently local employers hire students when they are capable of passing the weld test and blueprint test required by the individual companies.
1.b. Do all credits from a sub-credential transfer into the parent credential?
Yes!
1.c. What is the timeframe of completion for all credentials within the program (i.e. is the program setup to award sub-credentials prior to the parent credential)?
2) Program enrollment, if applicable, disaggregated by specialization (Quantitative, IE)
CSC Welding
| AcadYear 2014-2015 |
AcadYear 2015-2016 |
AcadYear 2016-2017 |
AcadYear 2017-2018 |
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| HC | FTE | HC | FTE | HC | FTE | HC | FTE |
| 14 | 6.03 | 16 | 6.40 | 10 | 3.53 | 9 | 3.93 |
Certificate in Industrial Welding
| AcadYear 2014-2015 |
AcadYear 2015-2016 |
AcadYear 2016-2017 |
AcadYear 2017-2018 |
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| HC | FTE | HC | FTE | HC | FTE | HC | FTE |
| 71 | 39.87 | 69 | 38.60 | 81 | 45.20 | 93 | 41.93 |
a. Annual program FTE and HC over the last review cycle (To include SCHEV program ratios and SCHEV class ratios)
SCHEV program ratios apply to associate programs, thus are not applicable for Welding.
Please see above table for head counts.
III. Progress: Pathway advancement (Quantitative, IE)
1) Student learning outcomes data
2) Program credit attainment (15/12 in one semester, 30/24 for those who enrolled in two consecutive semesters)
CSC Welding
| AcadYear 2014-2015 | AcadYear 2015-2016 | AcadYear 2016-2017 | AcadYear 2017-2018 | ||||||||||||||||
| N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
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| 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cert Industrial Welding
| AcadYear 2014-2015 | AcadYear 2015-2016 | AcadYear 2016-2017 | AcadYear 2017-2018 | ||||||||||||||||
| N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
N | One Term |
Two
Consective Terms |
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| 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 30 | ||||
| 71 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
3) Program retention and persistence relative to the start date of the program (subsequent term calculation)
CSC Welding
| Fall 14 FTIC Cohort |
Fall 15 FTIC Cohort |
Fall 16 FTIC Cohort |
Fall 17 FTIC Cohort |
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| N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| 4 | 57.14% | 1 | 14.29% | 5 | 3 | 60.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |
Cert Industrial Welding
| Fall 14 FTIC Cohort |
Fall 15 FTIC Cohort |
Fall 16 FTIC Cohort |
Fall 17 FTIC Cohort |
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| N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
N | Persistence (F2S) |
Retention (F2F) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| 10 | 100.00% | 5 | 50.00% | 8 | 6 | 75.00% | 3 | 37.50% | 11 | 11 | 100.00% | 8 | 72.73% | 13 | 10 | 76.92% | 8 | 61.54% | |
Please see above table for retention.
IV. Completion: Credential attainment (Quantitative, IE)
1) Sub-credential attainment and timeframe (are students completing sub-credential prior to or at the same time as parent credential?)
| AY 14-15 | AY 15-16 | AY 16-17 | AY 17-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| N | Grads | 150% | N | Grads | 150% | N | Grads | 150% | N | Grads | 150% | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 21.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 7 | 43.75% | 7 | 100.00% | 10 | 4 | 40.00% | 4 | 100.00% | 9 | 1 | 11.11% | 1 | 100.00% |
2) Parent credential attainment and timeframe, if applicable, disaggregated by specialization
| AY 14-15 | AY 15-16 | AY 16-17 | AY 17-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| N | Grads | 150% | N | Grads | 150% | N | Grads | 150% | N | Grads | 150% | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| 71 | 33 | 46.48% | 22 | 66.67% | 69 | 32 | 46.38% | 23 | 71.88% | 81 | 24 | 29.63% | 17 | 70.83% | 93 | 7 | 7.53% | 5 | 71.43% |
a. Are students completing within 6 semesters (150% of graduation time)?
Full time welding students are completing in 4 semesters, while part time students are completing in 7 semesters.
V. Transition: Employment or transfer post-credential (Quantitative, IE)
1) Transfer outcomes (students who transfer with associate degree, students who transfer without)
Industrial Welding
| AY 14-15 | AY 15-16 | AY 16-17 | AY 17-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| N | Associate Degree |
No Associate Degree |
N | Associate Degree |
No Associate Degree |
N | Associate Degree |
No Associate Degree |
N | Associate Degree |
No Associate Degree |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| 71 | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 100.00% | 69 | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 100.00% | 81 | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 100.00% | 93 | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 100.00% |
2) Student perspective/satisfaction
Only associate program students complete the graduate survey, therefore no results are recorded for Welding. Beginning 18/19 all students will have the opportunity to complete the survey.
VI. Sustainability: Future Program Outlook (Mixed methods, IE, program head and dean)
1) Program forecast (major expenditures, changes, personnel needs, etc.); any future costs should be explained in this section)
The program currently has approximately 80 welding students taking classes from Monday to Friday. Courses are offered 5 days and four nights a week between two instructors. Currently, there are 41 people on the waiting list for spring semester. The program is looking to expand to PCHS next year.
a. Any other pertinent information relevant to the review process should be provided here (e.g. community need, state/federal requirements, external accreditation, SCHEV low enrollment warning, etc.)
The PHCC welding program currently has a waiting list and lots of interest in welding, our community is in need of qualified /certified welders. We are working closely with local companies to assist with this matter. Our faculty have an agreement with Deere-Hitachi of Kernersville NC, Freight Car America of Roanoke VA, as well as Altec of VA/NC that they will give top priority to any of our students sent to them for job interviews.
b. Employment forecast for program (Analyst data)