Trade Schools in Portsmouth, VA

The TCC Portsmouth campus is at 120 Campus Drive, off Interstate 264 and Victory Boulevard. TCC's location directory places its Skilled Trades Academy at 3303 Airline Boulevard. Ask which building holds your lab before planning your commute.

For trucking, read the spring 2027 registration packet: registration is at the Portsmouth campus, but classes meet at 7000 College Drive in Suffolk. Keep both destinations in your calendar. Confirm your own term's instructions with the trucking office so you arrive at the correct site for each appointment.

TCC welding includes a three-semester certificate and a two-semester Welding Essentials option. Its HVAC/R page lists an associate degree and an Air Conditioning & Refrigeration certificate at Portsmouth. Ask which award fits the work you want, and request the coming term's actual meeting times.

The Virginia Career Works Portsmouth Center is at 4010-C Victory Boulevard. Take the program description there to discuss your next steps. Prepare a list of tuition, tools and exam costs, then ask which expenses any proposed assistance would cover before you sign a payment agreement.

Fairlead's careers page gives its headquarters as 650 Chautauqua Avenue in Portsmouth and describes roles for welders and technicians. The company's facility history also describes modular ship construction at its Portsmouth yard.

Use its open-position link to read what a specific job requires. If you want welding work, ask a school which processes, materials and test positions you will practice. For electrical work, ask how the lessons connect to the systems named in an employer's posting. Check the work location and shift for each opening before deciding that a nearby school will fit your longer-term plans.