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Northampton Community College

School type: Community College

Northampton Community College offers welding instruction at its Bethlehem Campus in the Hartzell Advanced Technology Hall. Its current pathway comprises a 27-credit Welding Fundamentals specialized diploma, a 50-credit Welding and Fabrication certificate and a 68-credit Welding Technology associate degree. The college describes the training as approximately 90 percent hands-on, with instruction in major arc-welding and cutting processes, fabrication, metallurgy, pipe work and automated technology. All three credentials explicitly prepare students for AWS certification examinations, including AWS SENSE credentials.

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Welding and Fabrication Certificate

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Fabrication
  • GI Bill: Eligible
  • Program Length: 50 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Three semesters; full- or part-time; day or evening options

This 50-credit certificate follows a three-semester sequence at the Bethlehem Campus. Students complete… Read full description for Welding and Fabrication Certificate

This 50-credit certificate follows a three-semester sequence at the Bethlehem Campus. Students complete shop-intensive work in stick, MIG, TIG, flux-core and submerged-arc welding; oxyfuel and plasma cutting; fabrication; welding metallurgy; pipe welding; and robotic welding and cutting automation. The program page states that approximately 90 percent of instruction is hands-on and that the curriculum prepares students for AWS certification examinations, including AWS SENSE credentials.

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Bethlehem Campus — Bethlehem, PA
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Welding Fundamentals Specialized Diploma

  • Credential: Specialized Diploma
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core
  • GI Bill: Eligible
  • Program Length: 27 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Two semesters; full- or part-time; day or evening options

This 27-credit specialized diploma is a two-semester Bethlehem pathway focused on foundational shop skills.… Read full description for Welding Fundamentals Specialized Diploma

This 27-credit specialized diploma is a two-semester Bethlehem pathway focused on foundational shop skills. Required courses cover stick welding and oxyfuel cutting, metallurgy, mechanical drawing, welding practices, and advanced processes including MIG, TIG, flux-core, submerged-arc and programmable cutting. The college describes its welding instruction as approximately 90 percent hands-on and states that the credential prepares students for AWS certification examinations, including AWS SENSE credentials.

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Bethlehem Campus — Bethlehem, PA
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Welding Technology, A.A.S.

  • Credential: Associate of Applied Science
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Fabrication
  • GI Bill: Eligible
  • Program Length: 68 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Four semesters; full- or part-time; day or evening options

The 68-credit A.A.S. is a four-semester Bethlehem program combining general education with extensive shop… Read full description for Welding Technology, A.A.S.

The 68-credit A.A.S. is a four-semester Bethlehem program combining general education with extensive shop training. Required welding courses progress through stick, MIG, TIG, flux-core and submerged-arc welding; oxyfuel and plasma cutting; metallurgy; fabrication; and plate and pipe work in multiple positions. Students use the Hartzell Advanced Technology Hall welding lab, and the college explicitly states that the program prepares students for AWS certification examinations, including AWS SENSE credentials.

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Bethlehem Campus — Bethlehem, PA
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