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Chattahoochee Valley Community College

School type: Community College

Chattahoochee Valley Community College offers a stackable Welding pathway at its Phenix City campus. Students may earn a 69-credit Applied Technology welding AAS, a 54-credit certificate, or short certificates in GMAW, SMAW and Welding Technology. The competency-based curricula combine classroom theory with hands-on lab work in SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, cutting, blueprint reading and carbon-pipe welding. The college also offers paid internship or work-based learning opportunities and identifies OSHA 10, lift-truck, MSSC and AWS credentials within the broader welding pathway.

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Applied Technology: Welding Option

  • Credential: Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication, Performance
  • Program Length: 69 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Course availability varies by term; includes cooperative education

The 69-credit AAS is a competency-based welding degree combining theory and hands-on application. The curriculum includes industrial safety, precision… Read full description for Applied Technology: Welding Option

The 69-credit AAS is a competency-based welding degree combining theory and hands-on application. The curriculum includes industrial safety, precision measurement, CAD, blueprint reading, SMAW fillet and groove welding, GMAW/FCAW, GTAW, carbon-pipe welding and related labs, plus general education and cooperative education. Students practice multiple positions and work to applicable welding codes. The broader welding pathway also advertises paid internships or work-based learning and AWS, OSHA 10, lift-truck and MSSC credentials.

Applied Technology: Welding Option Certificate

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication, Performance
  • Program Length: 54 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Course availability varies by term

This 54-credit certificate prepares students for immediate welding employment through competency-based theory and hands-on practice. Required work… Read full description for Applied Technology: Welding Option Certificate

This 54-credit certificate prepares students for immediate welding employment through competency-based theory and hands-on practice. Required work includes industrial safety, precision measurement, blueprint reading, SMAW fillet and groove welding, GMAW/FCAW, GTAW, carbon-pipe theory and lab work, plus general education and computer applications.

Gas Metal Arc Welding

  • Credential: Short Certificate
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication, Performance
  • Program Length: 15 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Course availability varies by term

This 15-credit short certificate combines orientation, precision measurement and computer-aided design with classroom and lab instruction in gas metal… Read full description for Gas Metal Arc Welding

This 15-credit short certificate combines orientation, precision measurement and computer-aided design with classroom and lab instruction in gas metal arc and flux-cored arc welding. Students learn equipment setup, transfer methods, joint preparation, gases, base and filler metals, and welding in multiple positions.

Shielded Metal Arc Welding

  • Credential: Short Certificate
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: Stick, Structural, Fabrication, Performance
  • Program Length: 15 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Course availability varies by term

This 15-credit short certificate combines orientation, industrial safety and blueprint reading with SMAW groove theory and lab practice. Students… Read full description for Shielded Metal Arc Welding

This 15-credit short certificate combines orientation, industrial safety and blueprint reading with SMAW groove theory and lab practice. Students learn joint design, preparation and fit-up and produce carbon-steel groove welds in multiple positions to applicable welding codes.

Welding Technology Short Certificate

  • Credential: Short Certificate
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication, Performance
  • Program Length: 24 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Course availability varies by term

This 24-credit short certificate prepares students for immediate welding employment through competency-based theory and lab work. Courses cover SMAW… Read full description for Welding Technology Short Certificate

This 24-credit short certificate prepares students for immediate welding employment through competency-based theory and lab work. Courses cover SMAW fillet and groove welding, oxyfuel cutting, blueprint reading, GMAW/FCAW, equipment setup, joint preparation and welding in multiple positions.

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