Isothermal Community College offers a broad Welding Technology credential ladder at its Rutherford Campus in Spindale. Current official sources list an Associate in Applied Science, diploma, general certificate, process-focused SMAW, GMAW and GTAW certificates, advanced welding and welding-inspection certificates, and a Career and College Promise pathway certificate. Curriculum varies by credential and can include Stick, MIG, Flux-Core and TIG welding, plate and pipe work, fabrication, blueprint reading, metallurgy, certification practices, inspection and destructive and nondestructive testing. The college explicitly connects its welding learning outcomes to preparation responsibilities associated with AWS certification.