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Hopkinsville Community College

Hopkinsville Community College offers stackable welding credentials at its North Drive campus. Students may pursue a 60–68-credit Welding Technology Associate in Applied Science, a 48–55-credit Combination Welder diploma, or focused certificates in arc cutting, AWS/SENSE Level I, MIG, gas welding, production-line welding and welder-helper skills. Required curricula combine hands-on shop laboratories with cutting, blueprint reading, Stick, TIG and MIG instruction; some MIG plans permit Flux-Core work. HCC also publishes an accelerated three-session workforce route through which students can earn 25 credits and multiple academic certificates.

Programs Offered

Welding Technology AAS

This 60–68-credit AAS combines general education with cutting, blueprint reading, Stick, TIG and MIG theory

  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Fabrication
  • GI Bill: Eligible
  • Program Length: 60-68 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

Combination Welder Diploma

A 48–55-credit diploma combining communication and mathematics with cutting, blueprint reading, Stick, TIG and MIG welding, certification coursework

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

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

AWS National Skills Standards Level I Certificate

A 36–37-credit SENSE Level I entry-welder certificate requiring cutting, Stick, TIG and MIG coursework plus blueprint reading. The current HCC program

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

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

Gas Metal Arc Welder Certificate

A 15–18-credit certificate in MIG welding, cutting and blueprint reading. The advanced GMAW lab requirement may alternatively be met with Flux-Core

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

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

Production Line Welder Certificate

A 19–20-credit certificate combining cutting with fillet-weld training in Stick, TIG and MIG for entry-level production work.

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

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

Arc Cutter Certificate

A focused 5-credit certificate in cutting processes and laboratory practice. No canonical welding process is assigned because the award is specific to

  • Processes: To be announced
  • Program Length: 5 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

Gas Welder Certificate

A focused 4-credit certificate in gas and oxy-fuel welding theory and laboratory practice. No canonical arc-welding process is assigned.

  • Processes: To be announced
  • Program Length: 4 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

Welder Helper General Certificate

A 5-credit entry-level helper certificate allowing either basic welding or welding-for-maintenance coursework. The current plan does not require one

  • Processes: To be announced
  • Program Length: 5 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Offered at

Main CampusHopkinsville, KY

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