Gadsden State Community College — Ayers Campus

A minimum 59-credit Welding Technology certificate consisting of 53 technical credits and six general-education credits selected with an advisor. The extensive technical elective list includes classroom and lab study in Stick, MIG, TIG, flux-cored, pipe, orbital, boiler-tube, consumable, robotic, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification subjects. Students must be at least 17. Required technical choices vary by student needs, so not every listed process is necessarily completed by every student.

A 29-credit short-term certificate selected with an advisor from a 44-credit technical course list. Required orientation and workplace-skills courses accompany classroom and lab options in Stick, MIG, flux-cored, consumable welding, blueprint reading, plasma and carbon-arc cutting, and robotic welding. Students must be at least 17, and course selection can vary, so not every listed process is necessarily completed by every student.

A 29-credit short-term certificate selected with an advisor from a 44-credit technical list. Classroom and lab options cover TIG welding on carbon and stainless pipe, Stick groove and carbon-pipe welding, pipefitting and fabrication, boiler-tube work, orbital TIG, and related cutting and preparation. Students must be at least 17, and course selection varies, so not every listed process is necessarily completed by every student.