August 20. 2012 6:00AM - Last modified: August 20. 2012 6:56AM

JANESVILLE – Blackhawk Technical College ramping up classes for welding students

  
Blackhawk Technical College is responding to demand from students and industry by increasing by 50 percent the number of welders it trains this year.

Blackhawk turns out about 40 welders a year, with two cohorts of 20 students each, said Kirke "Bo" Plank, dean of advanced manufacturing. One cohort is trained on the morning shift, one on an evening shift.
Classes are full, and there's a waiting list, Plank said. Just a few weeks before the fall semester began, BTC decided to open a third section of welding.
Plank moved the morning shift to an earlier time to make room for a third cohort in a midday shift.
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