Danville Community College

School type: Community College

Danville Community College offers three stackable credit welding credentials at its Danville campus: a Basic Welding Career Studies Certificate, a Welding Technology certificate and a Welding diploma. The sequence combines shop safety and hands-on practice in Stick, MIG and TIG welding with oxyfuel and plasma cutting, blueprint interpretation, metallurgy, pipe welding, layout and fabrication, robotic welding, aluminum welding, and weld testing and codes. Several courses explicitly incorporate AWS certification work, and each credential is associated with the AWS SENSE certificate in the college's current licensure disclosures.

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Welding, Diploma

Credential: Diploma
Program cost: Not listed
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Pipe, Fabrication, Performance
GI Bill: Eligible
Program Length: 65 credit hours
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Five semesters; on campus

The 65-credit diploma builds on the Welding Technology certificate with advanced pipe and tube welding,… Read full description

The 65-credit diploma builds on the Welding Technology certificate with advanced pipe and tube welding, robotic welding, aluminum MIG and TIG, weld testing and codes, applied welding, and a second fabrication course. Earlier terms cover safety, technical mathematics, Stick, MIG and TIG welding, cutting, blueprint interpretation and metallurgy. Multiple courses explicitly include AWS certification work, and the diploma is associated with the AWS SENSE certificate.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Danville, VA

Availability sources

Main Campus — availability source

Basic Welding Career Studies Certificate

Credential: Career Studies Certificate
Program cost: Not listed
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Performance
Program Length: 15 credit hours
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: One semester; on campus

A short, stackable welding credential providing industrial safety and foundational hands-on training in Stick, MIG and TIG welding. The credential… Read full description

A short, stackable welding credential providing industrial safety and foundational hands-on training in Stick, MIG and TIG welding. The credential feeds into the longer Welding Technology certificate and is associated with the AWS SENSE certificate.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Danville, VA

Availability sources

Main Campus — availability source

Welding Technology Certificate

Credential: Certificate
Program cost: Not listed
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Pipe, Fabrication, Performance
Program Length: 39 credit hours
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Three semesters; on campus

A 39-credit certificate covering industrial safety, technical mathematics, Stick, MIG and TIG welding, oxyfuel and plasma cutting, blueprint… Read full description

A 39-credit certificate covering industrial safety, technical mathematics, Stick, MIG and TIG welding, oxyfuel and plasma cutting, blueprint interpretation, pipe welding, metallurgy, layout and fabrication. Several welding courses explicitly incorporate AWS certification work, and graduates may continue for two more semesters to complete the diploma.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Danville, VA

Availability sources

Main Campus — availability source

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