Northwest Iowa Community College

School type: Community College

Northwest Iowa Community College offers a 12-credit Production Welding certificate, a 13-credit Welding Exploration certificate, a 41-credit Production Welding diploma, and a two-year Advanced Welding Technology associate degree. The diploma combines extensive shop work in Stick, MIG and TIG welding, pipe welding, oxyfuel welding and cutting, fabrication and metallurgy. Students use equipment that includes a robotic welder and may train for structural-pipe qualification testing under AWS, ASME and API codes. The advanced degree combines the welding diploma with engineering-design study and adds CNC plasma programming and robotic manufacturing work.

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Production Welding Certificate

Credential: Certificate
Program cost: $4,288–$4,408
Processes: Not listed
GI Bill: Eligible
Program Length: 12 credit hours
AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: One semester; welding-process selection is based on availability

A 12-credit, one-semester certificate for students seeking focused training in one welding process. Required… Read full description

A 12-credit, one-semester certificate for students seeking focused training in one welding process. Required coursework covers machine-trade print reading and shop safety, with seven welding credits selected according to course availability.

Confirmed at

Sheldon Campus — Sheldon, IA

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Sheldon Campus — availability source

Production Welding

Credential: Diploma
Program cost: $12,188–$12,598
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
Program Length: 41 credit hours
AWS Prep: Available

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

Schedule: Two semesters and one summer; fall entry; spring entry optional but not guaranteed to finish in one year

A 41-credit diploma completed over two semesters and one summer. Shop-intensive coursework covers oxyfuel welding and cutting, Stick, MIG and TIG… Read full description

A 41-credit diploma completed over two semesters and one summer. Shop-intensive coursework covers oxyfuel welding and cutting, Stick, MIG and TIG welding, pipe welding, fabrication, metallurgy and quality assurance; a summer robotics course follows. Students may train for structural-pipe qualification testing on mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum under AWS, ASME and API codes, and certification tests are administered.

Confirmed at

Sheldon Campus — Sheldon, IA

Availability sources

Sheldon Campus — availability source

Welding Exploration Certificate

Credential: Certificate
Program cost: Not listed
Processes: Not listed
Program Length: 13 credit hours
AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: One semester; welding-process selection is based on availability

A 13-credit exploratory certificate combining machine-trade print reading, shop safety and career exploration with seven welding credits. The… Read full description

A 13-credit exploratory certificate combining machine-trade print reading, shop safety and career exploration with seven welding credits. The welding-process selection is not fixed in the published curriculum and depends on available courses.

Confirmed at

Sheldon Campus — Sheldon, IA

Availability sources

Sheldon Campus — availability source

Advanced Welding Technology

Credential: Associate of Applied Science
Program cost: Not listed
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
Program Length: 2 years
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Four semesters and one summer; fall entry

A two-year applied degree earned by completing the Production Welding and Engineering Design diplomas. It combines all major welding and cutting work… Read full description

A two-year applied degree earned by completing the Production Welding and Engineering Design diplomas. It combines all major welding and cutting work with welding design and fabrication, computer-aided drafting, machining, CNC plasma-table programming, and practical robotics work in a manufacturing cell. The curriculum emphasizes AWS SENSE Levels I, II and III welding qualifications.

Confirmed at

Sheldon Campus — Sheldon, IA

Availability sources

Sheldon Campus — availability source

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