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Central Colorado Welding School

School type: Private Trade School

Central Colorado Welding School provides shop-centered welding and fabrication instruction in Salida. Its 12-week career program combines classroom theory with extensive practice in Stick, Flux-Core, gas-shielded Flux-Core, and TIG, blueprint reading, fabrication math, metallurgy, and safe machine setup. The school also offers one-week process-specific structural certification courses and a two-day MIG hobbyist course. Published program pages identify the included testing, consumables, basic PPE, schedules, and tuition.

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Descriptions, credentials, costs, and schedules are school-level program listings. Confirm current campus schedules, costs, and included fees with the school. Duration is shown in its listed units; credits and training hours are not calendar completion times.

Structural Welding and Fabrication Program

  • Credential: Diploma and Welder Certifications
  • Program cost: $18,000
  • Processes: TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication, Performance
  • Program Length: 480 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: 12 weeks, 480 hours; Tuesday-Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM; Spring and Summer 2027 dates published

This intensive career program combines one to two hours of daily classroom work with eight to nine hours of daily hands-on shop practice. The AWS… Read full description for Structural Welding and Fabrication Program

This intensive career program combines one to two hours of daily classroom work with eight to nine hours of daily hands-on shop practice. The AWS Fundamentals of Welding-based curriculum covers Stick, Flux-Core, gas-shielded Flux-Core, and TIG; safety; blueprints and weld symbols; machine setup and filler-metal selection; fabrication math; and metallurgy. Tuition includes AWS course materials and portal access, consumables, test materials, welding certifications, a final CCWS diploma, and basic PPE; boots and a welding hood are not included.

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Salida Campus — Salida, CO
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Structural Welding Certification

  • Credential: Welder Certification
  • Program cost: $4,000
  • Processes: TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Performance
  • Program Length: 40 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: One week; Tuesday-Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM; call or email for availability; published Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 dates

This immersive one-week course develops hands-on skill in one welding process and gives students the opportunity to earn an AWS welder certification… Read full description for Structural Welding Certification

This immersive one-week course develops hands-on skill in one welding process and gives students the opportunity to earn an AWS welder certification in one position. New students begin with Stick unless they present an existing AWS Stick certification; later options include Flux-Core, gas-shielded Flux-Core, and TIG. Tuition includes instruction, consumables, test materials, successful certifications, and basic PPE; boots and a hood are not included.

Confirmed at

Salida Campus — Salida, CO
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Weekend Hobbyist Program

  • Credential: Course Completion
  • Program cost: $1,280
  • Processes: MIG, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 16 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: One weekend per month, Saturday-Sunday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM; call or email for dates

A two-day introductory weekend course for artists, homeowners, and hobby welders. Students learn MIG setup and basic welding and fabrication while… Read full description for Weekend Hobbyist Program

A two-day introductory weekend course for artists, homeowners, and hobby welders. Students learn MIG setup and basic welding and fabrication while completing a take-home project. The course includes materials, project supplies, and basic PPE; steel-toe boots are not included.

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Salida Campus — Salida, CO
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