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Nunez Community College

School type: Community College

This school has 2 listed campus locations. Compare programs and confirmed locations.

Nunez Community College offers a stackable academic welding pathway consisting of a 9-credit Shielded Metal Arc Welding Career and Technical Certificate, a 20-credit Intermediate Welding Certificate of Technical Studies and a 53-credit Combo Welder Technical Diploma. Students progress through Stick, MIG, Flux-Core, TIG, open-root and pipe welding with substantial hands-on laboratory work. The college provides opportunities to test with an American Welding Society inspector at the end of each term and also offers a separate workforce AWS Welding course. Beginning Fall 2026, Nunez additionally offers beginner welding classes to dual-enrollment students at a temporary Plaquemines Parish site in Belle Chasse.

Location details and enrollment access

Nunez Plaquemines Site

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Welding teaching location

The Fall 2026 launch describes beginner welding for dual-enrollment students at a temporary Belle Chasse site. Adult expansion is planned; current adult access and the exact street address remain unconfirmed.

Location sources and review date

Sources checked 2026-09-30. This is a location review, not a new enrollment or program verification.

Coordinates have not been verified for these location details.

School-wide Programs

This is the school-wide program catalog. Confirmed locations are listed for each program; programs are not necessarily offered at every campus.

Descriptions, credentials, costs, and schedules are school-level program listings. Confirm current campus schedules, costs, and included fees with the school. Duration is shown in its listed units; credits and training hours are not calendar completion times.

Combo Welder

  • Credential: Technical Diploma
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe
  • Program Length: 53 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Hands-on welding labs with web and independent-study course components; section timing varies by term

This 53-credit Technical Diploma is the comprehensive credential in Nunez's stackable welding pathway. Students receive hands-on training in SMAW,… Read full description for Combo Welder

This 53-credit Technical Diploma is the comprehensive credential in Nunez's stackable welding pathway. Students receive hands-on training in SMAW, GMAW, FCAW and GTAW as well as open-root and pipe welding. The curriculum also covers fitting, field skills, industrial safety and blueprint interpretation. The current official catalog states that an American Welding Society inspector tests and certifies student welders at the end of each term.

Confirmed at

Chalmette Campus — Chalmette, LA
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Shielded Metal Arc Welding

  • Credential: Career and Technical Certificate
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: Stick
  • Program Length: 9 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Web introductory instruction with independent-study welding labs; section timing varies by term

This 9-credit Career and Technical Certificate provides the foundational skills for entry-level tack-welder or basic structural-welder work. Its… Read full description for Shielded Metal Arc Welding

This 9-credit Career and Technical Certificate provides the foundational skills for entry-level tack-welder or basic structural-welder work. Its three-course sequence covers introductory welding and the first two levels of Shielded Metal Arc Welding. Current course descriptions document hands-on practice in flat, horizontal and vertical positions and opportunities to test with an AWS inspector for certification.

Confirmed at

Chalmette Campus — Chalmette, LA
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Intermediate Welding

  • Credential: Certificate of Technical Studies
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe
  • Program Length: 20 credit hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Web introductory instruction with independent-study welding labs; section timing varies by term

This 20-credit Certificate of Technical Studies develops intermediate SMAW skills and open-root welding, then lets students add one additional… Read full description for Intermediate Welding

This 20-credit Certificate of Technical Studies develops intermediate SMAW skills and open-root welding, then lets students add one additional discipline through GMAW, FCAW or introductory SMAW pipe welding. The program is intended for intermediate-level welding work requiring competence in more than one process. Its required SMAW courses include opportunities to test with an AWS inspector.

Confirmed at

Chalmette Campus — Chalmette, LA
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AWS Welding

  • Credential: Industry-Based Certification Training
  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core
  • AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Short-term workforce format; dates and process vary by offering

This short-term workforce course provides hands-on welding training aligned with American Welding Society standards. Depending on the offering, students may study SMAW, GMAW or FCAW. The… Read full description for AWS Welding

This short-term workforce course provides hands-on welding training aligned with American Welding Society standards. Depending on the offering, students may study SMAW, GMAW or FCAW. The course explicitly prepares students to pursue AWS certification, and a completed AWS industry-based credential may receive college credit toward the Combo Welder Technical Diploma under Nunez's credit-for-prior-learning policy.

Campus availability has not been confirmed for this program. Contact the school for current locations.

Beginner Welding - Plaquemines Dual Enrollment

  • Program cost: Not listed
  • Processes: Not listed
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Face-to-face dual enrollment; begins Fall 2026; section timing varies

Beginning in Fall 2026, this face-to-face beginner welding offering provides hands-on career training to dual-enrollment high school students at Nunez's temporary Plaquemines site in Belle… Read full description for Beginner Welding - Plaquemines Dual Enrollment

Beginning in Fall 2026, this face-to-face beginner welding offering provides hands-on career training to dual-enrollment high school students at Nunez's temporary Plaquemines site in Belle Chasse. The official announcement says the instruction can lead to certifications, employment and continued educational advancement but does not identify a specific credential, welding process, credit total or duration.

Confirmed at

Nunez Plaquemines Site — Belle Chasse, LA
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