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Gwinnett Technical College

Gwinnett Technical College is a public technical college in Georgia. Its Welding and Joining Technology offerings are based at the Lawrenceville campus and combine welding theory with hands-on work using metals, electrodes, and filler materials. Students learn MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core welding, technical drawings and specifications, safety, layout and fit-up, and fabrication of structural forms. The program includes dedicated fabrication and robotic welding labs, morning, afternoon, and evening classes, and diploma and process-specific certificate pathways.

Programs Offered

Welding and Joining Technology

  • Credential: Diploma
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
  • GI Bill: Eligible
  • Program Length: 4 semesters
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Day/evening availability varies by campus

The diploma combines classroom instruction and hands-on training in welding theory, MIG, TIG, Stick and… Read full description for Welding and Joining Technology

The diploma combines classroom instruction and hands-on training in welding theory, MIG, TIG, Stick and Flux-Core processes, metals, electrodes and filler materials. Students practice safety, follow sketches, blueprints and specifications, prepare joints and filler work, and lay out, fit and fabricate metal components for structural assemblies. The Lawrenceville program has dedicated fabrication and robotic welding labs and schedules classes mornings, afternoons and evenings.

Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Stick
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Morning, afternoon, and evening classes

A process-specific certificate for advanced Shielded Metal Arc (Stick) welding within Gwinnett Tech’s Welding and Joining Technology program.

Flux Cored Arc Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Flux-Core
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Morning, afternoon, and evening classes

A process-specific Flux-Cored Arc welding certificate within Gwinnett Tech’s Welding and Joining Technology program.

Gas Metal Arc Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: MIG
  • Program Length: 1.5 semesters
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Morning, afternoon, and evening classes

A Gas Metal Arc (MIG) welding certificate designed to qualify students to take a MIG qualification test. The school states it can be completed in… Read full description for Gas Metal Arc Welder

A Gas Metal Arc (MIG) welding certificate designed to qualify students to take a MIG qualification test. The school states it can be completed in about one and one-half semesters.

Gas Tungsten Arc Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: TIG
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Morning, afternoon, and evening classes

A process-specific Gas Tungsten Arc (TIG) welding certificate within Gwinnett Tech’s Welding and Joining Technology program.

Robotic Welding Operator

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Not listed
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Morning, afternoon, and evening classes

A robotic welding operator certificate supported by the program’s dedicated robotic welding lab. The official 2026 approved-program list identifies credential code RWO1.

Take Ten+ Welding Training

  • Processes: MIG
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Classroom and evening hands-on training, Monday-Thursday; dates vary

An integrated education and training pathway for eligible high-school-equivalency and English-language learners. It provides extensive hands-on MIG welding fundamentals for manufacturing,… Read full description for Take Ten+ Welding Training

An integrated education and training pathway for eligible high-school-equivalency and English-language learners. It provides extensive hands-on MIG welding fundamentals for manufacturing, including electric-arc safety, with classroom and evening shop training at the Lawrenceville campus.

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