Our state-of-the-art welding and fabrication workshop is run to industry standards and includes specialist facilities for MIG, TIG and MMA, Oxyacetylene, gas and plasma cutting.
Engineering needs creative people who can solve problems and use specialist skills to find solutions. You could work in lots of different areas of engineering including mechanical, electrical and civil. A career in engineering will give you a real opportunity to change the world and shape the future!
The workshop provides outstanding facilities for our students, including industry standard and specific equipment to help them develop hand fitting skills including measurements, marking out, cutting and forming of metals.
The hub provides industry standard training to apprentices, school leavers and adult learners, enabling them to learn skills and techniques that are widely used in the industry, how to use the equipment correctly and safely within a safe and secure environment.
Sunderland College also provides training and development for employers and their employees.
Our students learn practical skills through their academic learning, then putting this knowledge into practical activities in a safe place without the pressures put on them in a real-work environment.
The workshop also helps them develop employability skills to succeed their chosen industry.
Our students develop skills in communication, team building and practical hand skills required for the welding and fabrication industry, including:
Pupils from St Wilfrid’s RC College have taken their first steps towards a career in construction as the first cohort of the Gentoo Trades Academy.
November 5, 2024
Sunderland College saw its Higher Education students recently graduate in a memorable ceremony at its Bede Campus.
November 5, 2024
Sunderland College developed a city endorsed programme focused on community that celebrated difference, and pride in place.
October 29, 2024
