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Skilled welders have the ability to find employment in almost all major industries. Welding is needed wherever there is a need for building and maintaining infrastructure. Simply put, anywhere there is a need to permanently join two or more pieces of similar metal, then welding is most likely the top answer. Welding requirements span all heavy industries, including construction, ship and aircraft building, automotive assembly and manufacturing. Welders are also needed for surface and submerged welding for at-sea oil rigs, as well as pipelines that span over land or under bodies of water. Another opportunity within the welding field applies to customized work including balcony and fire escape repair, and wrought iron repair.

Welding Programs Offered

At °ÄÁùͼ¿â Tech’s nine welding schools, whose locations span from Denver all the way to the east coast and places in between, you can train to become a skilled welder. °ÄÁùͼ¿â Tech offers four different welding programs, three of which have additional training in either pipefitting or metal fabrication. While the three programs differ slightly in specialized material, they all feature the most-used welding processes utilized in the majority of applications in the industry; Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), MIG (Metal, Inert Gas) or GMAW (Gas, Metal Arc Welding), and TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding. The programs also include Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW), a method for specific applications the graduate might encounter in the field.

Welding students start with in-depth study of the properties of metals, and move on to a robust hands-on training regimen where they learn to competently join multiple pieces of metal to the correct specifications. Near the end of the program, students must pass a required 10-hour OSHA-approved safety orientation.

Learn from Experienced NCCER Credentialed Welders

°ÄÁùͼ¿â Tech Welding instructors are experienced and credentialed welding professionals. Instructors must also have earned their National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) credentials. They must also maintain any additional valid licenses and certifications as specified by the state in which they are teaching.

¹ National Center for O*NET Development. National Employment Trends: 51-4121.00 - Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. O*NET OnLine. Last updated October 24, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023, from

For important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program, please see this consumer information document.

Campuses that currently offer training in this program area are listed below, as well as links to exact program informational fact sheets: