PARIS — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education and Western Maine Community Action are partnering to provide a new professional welding program with Bancroft Contracting Corp.

The 92-hour program will offer students welding processes used by Bancroft Contracting Corp. and other local employers, including 72 hours of hands-on welding instruction, safety training and 20 hours of math for welders and job-readiness skills training. Students will learn how to produce high-quality welds. Testing on acquired skills will be conducted at the conclusion of the program.

The hands-on classes are tentatively scheduled to start Tuesday, Feb. 5, and will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. at Bancroft Contracting Corp., 29 Phillips Road, South Paris. Classroom instruction is scheduled for Wednesdays from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on the campus of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, 256 Main St., South Paris. Orientation is planned for the last week of January.

Cost of the 12-week program is $1,955 and includes tuition, test and assessment fees, consumables and equipment and personal protective equipment.

Preregistration is required and includes a formal adult education student intake and assessment. Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act funding is available through Western Maine Community Action for income eligible candidates. 

Those people interested in the training should register early by contacting Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education. Call 207-743-8842 or online at: adulted@msad17.org.