Community College of Denver offers hands-on manufacturing education through its Advanced Manufacturing Center. Welding options include a 65-credit Fabrication Welder Associate of Applied Science and certificates in basic, intermediate, arc, fabrication, and creative metalworking, as well as a Machining/Welding Tech certificate. Depending on the credential, coursework covers cutting and oxyacetylene joining, blueprint reading, Stick, MIG, TIG, pipe welding, layout, fabrication, and machining. The A.A.S. explicitly prepares graduates to attempt limited-thickness AWS D1.1 welder qualification tests in SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW.