Program entity

Erie 1 BOCES

West Seneca, New York · Public institution

Address 355 Harlem Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224
Phone (716) 821-7500
Website e1b.org/WFD
Tuition (in-state) Not available
Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
Program total cost $15,000
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 63 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located No (No AWS ATF facility found in this city+state in the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025, 200 domestic facilities) -- not a gap, a computed negative match.)

Program details

What this program covers

Erie 1 BOCES Workforce Development's Welding Technology program is 324 hours across five sequential courses, preparing entry-level welders and including OSHA 10-hour training/certification. Processes taught are SMAW, GMAW (MIG), FCAW, and GTAW (TIG). Full-time runs Monday-Thursday 8:00am-2:00pm (about 4 months); part-time runs Tuesday/Thursday 5:00-9:30pm (under one year). Cost is $5,500 full-time (individual courses $600-$1,225 part-time, $300 deposit); financial assistance may be available through ACCES-VR, DCC (formerly BETC), NETC, US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, or a trades scholarship, at the Workforce Development North Campus in Cheektowaga, NY.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW
Program length 324 hours (5 courses)
Schedule Full-time: Mon-Thu 8:00am-2:00pm (~4 months); Part-time: Tue/Thu 5:00-9:30pm (under 1 year)
Certifications prepped OSHA 10-hour
Facilities Workforce Development North Campus, 1526 Walden Avenue, Suite 200, Cheektowaga, NY
Financial aid ACCES-VR, DCC (formerly BETC), NETC, US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, trades scholarship application; cost $5,500 full-time / $600-$1,225 per part-time course, $300 deposit

Source: https://e1b.org/WFD, retrieved 2026-08-05

Sources & provenance

Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04