Hawkeye Community College — Cedar Falls Center

School type: Community College

1 program is confirmed at Cedar Falls Center. View campus program details.

About Hawkeye Community College (school-wide)

Hawkeye Community College is a public community college in Iowa with five welding pathways. Academic options at the Waterloo main campus include a 20-credit Welding Certificate, two distinct Intermediate Manufacturing Welding diplomas, and a 44-credit Advanced Manufacturing Welding Diploma. These competency-based hybrid programs combine online theory with scheduled in-person labs in MIG, Stick, flux-cored and TIG welding, thermal cutting, blueprint reading and robotic welding. A separate two-month Production Welding Workplace Certificate is taught at the Cedar Falls Center and concentrates on MIG fillet welds, safety, applied math and blueprint reading, with independent evaluation for possible AWS qualification.

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Production Welding Workplace Certificate

Credential: Workplace Certificate
Program cost: $3,775
Processes: MIG, Fabrication, Performance
Program Length: 2 months
AWS Prep: Available

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: Face-to-face at Cedar Falls Center; Fall/Spring; published March 9-May 5, 2026 cohort met Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

This two-month workplace certificate at Cedar Falls Center provides hands-on entry-level production-welding training centered on MIG welding. Students… Read full description

This two-month workplace certificate at Cedar Falls Center provides hands-on entry-level production-welding training centered on MIG welding. Students practice fillet welds in flat, horizontal and vertical positions and study electric-arc safety, applied math and blueprint reading. The current program page says an independent lab evaluates welding skill for possible American Welding Society qualification. Students provide specified welding safety gear and basic hand tools.

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Cedar Falls Center — Cedar Falls, IA

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