Articles tagged "Welding"
Meet Emilie Lougheed, Welding instructor
May 20, 2026
Q: What is your education and background?A: In 2016 I completed my Foundations ticket here at OC after first trying welding while living overseas in New Zealand. With the help of WITT and MNBC I completed all my levels here at the college.I bounced around all over BC including the Kootenays and Revelstoke where I built inland ferries and worked for CP Rail.Q: What is your area of interest?A: I enjoy working creatively with my hands, whether that’s welding and trying ne...
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College powers up new welding building in Penticton
August 20, 2018
Welders training in the South Okanagan now have a state-of-the-art new shop in which to spark their torches and test their metal. Okanagan College officials, students, industry partners and community members gathered at the Penticton campus today to mark the opening of the College’s new $2.2-million, 465-square-metre (5,000 square ft.), welding facility. Among them was a class of 16 Welder Foundation students, who, under the tutelage of instructor Mark Stathers, will be the first to train in the facility. The shop they’ll soon ste...
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