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Hazard Community and Technical College

Hazard Community and Technical College is a public member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System serving southeastern Kentucky. Welding Technology is taught at the Technical Campus and combines coursework with practical shop experience. Current offerings include a combination-welder diploma and a broad set of process, helper, tack-welding, pipeline, production, and AWS SENSE Level I certificates covering MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, cutting, blueprint reading, pipe welding, and welding certification practice.

Programs Offered

Welding Technology AAS

  • Credential: AAS
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 60 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Day/Evening (varies by campus)

Program details available from school admissions.

Combination Welder

  • Credential: Diploma
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Performance
  • Program Length: 48-55 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Covers cutting, Stick, TIG, MIG, blueprint reading, certification labs, practicum, and technical electives.

ARC Cutter

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Not listed
  • Program Length: 5 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

A focused cutting credential built from oxy-fuel or other cutting-process lecture and lab work.

Gas Metal Arc Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: MIG, Flux-Core
  • Program Length: 15-18 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Develops MIG skills through fillet and groove labs, with Flux-Core available in the groove-lab option, plus cutting and print reading.

Gas Tungsten Arc Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: TIG
  • Program Length: 17-18 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Develops TIG fillet and groove welding with cutting and blueprint-reading lecture and lab work.

Gas Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Not listed
  • Program Length: 4 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

A short oxy-fuel systems lecture-and-lab credential; no canonical arc-welding process is assigned.

GMAW Tack Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: MIG
  • Program Length: 10 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Combines welding blueprint reading with MIG theory and fillet-welding lab practice.

GMAW Welder Helper

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: MIG
  • Program Length: 5 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

A five-credit introduction to MIG theory and fillet-welding lab practice.

GTAW Pipeline Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: TIG, Pipe, Performance
  • Program Length: 25-30 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Combines TIG fillet, groove and pipe welding with cutting, blueprint reading, and welding certification lecture and lab.

GTAW Tack Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: TIG
  • Program Length: 10 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Combines welding blueprint reading with TIG theory and fillet-welding lab practice.

GTAW Welder Helper

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: TIG
  • Program Length: 5 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

A five-credit introduction to TIG theory and fillet-welding lab practice.

GMAW Pipeline Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: MIG, Pipe, Performance
  • Program Length: 25-30 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Combines MIG fillet, groove and pipe welding with cutting, blueprint reading, and welding certification lecture and lab.

Production Line Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick
  • Program Length: 19-20 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Provides cutting plus fillet-welding foundations in Stick, TIG, and MIG for production environments.

SENSE Level I - Entry Welders

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick
  • Program Length: 36-37 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

An AWS SENSE Level I entry-welder curriculum covering Stick, TIG, and MIG fillet and groove welding, cutting, and print reading.

Shielded Metal Arc Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Stick
  • Program Length: 17-18 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Develops Stick fillet and groove welding with cutting and blueprint-reading lecture and lab work.

SMAW Pipeline Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Stick, Pipe, Performance
  • Program Length: 25-30 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Combines Stick fillet, groove and pipe welding with cutting, blueprint reading, and welding certification lecture and lab.

SMAW Tack Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Stick
  • Program Length: 10 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Combines welding blueprint reading with Stick theory and fillet-welding lab practice.

SMAW Welder Helper

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Stick
  • Program Length: 5 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

A five-credit introduction to Stick theory and fillet-welding lab practice.

Welder Helper General

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Processes: Not listed
  • Program Length: 5 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

A five-credit helper credential using basic welding or welding-for-maintenance coursework; the process depends on the selected option.

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