Pickens Technical College

School type: Public Technical School

Pickens Technical College offers a 35-credit Welding Certificate combining classroom concepts with hands-on practice in a simulated shop using industry-grade equipment. The one-year curriculum covers oxyacetylene welding, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, structural welding, allied cutting processes, and layout and fabrication. Morning, afternoon, and postsecondary evening schedules are published. Students complete work aligned with AWS code standards, and the AWS plate-certification test is administered as part of the curriculum. Pickens also lists a separate self-paced online Welder Technician course.

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Welding Certificate

Credential: Certificate
Program cost: $6,562
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
Program Length: 35 credit hours
AWS Prep: Available

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

Schedule: Morning Monday-Friday 8:40 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; afternoon Monday-Friday 12:10-3:00 p.m.; postsecondary evening Monday-Thursday 5:30-10:00 p.m.

This 35-credit, two-semester certificate develops entry-level welding skills through an even balance of classroom study and hands-on shop work with… Read full description

This 35-credit, two-semester certificate develops entry-level welding skills through an even balance of classroom study and hands-on shop work with industry-grade equipment. Required courses cover allied cutting processes, structural welding, GTAW, GMAW, self-shielded and gas-shielded FCAW, and layout and fabrication. Official course descriptions document oxyacetylene, air-carbon-arc, exothermic, and plasma-arc cutting. Students work to industry and AWS code standards, and the AWS plate-certification test is administered to determine welding competence.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Aurora, CO

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Welder Technician

Credential: Certificate of Completion
Program cost: $2,883
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Fabrication
Program Length: 125 hours
AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: Online, self-paced, open enrollment with 12 months to complete

This noncredit online course gives an intensive overview of welder-technician knowledge through self-paced instruction and five video-based simulation… Read full description

This noncredit online course gives an intensive overview of welder-technician knowledge through self-paced instruction and five video-based simulation labs. The welding modules cover GMAW, SMAW, and GTAW applications, oxyfuel and plasma cutting, fabrication, metallurgy, rigging, grinding, forming, and related manufacturing topics. Students receive 12 months of access and earn a Certificate of Completion after successfully passing the final examination. The official page explicitly states that the course does not prepare students for a certification.

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