Pima Community College

Pima Community College offers a stackable welding pathway at its Downtown Campus: a one-semester Basic Welding certificate, a one-year Welding, Fabrication certificate, and a two-year Welding Associate of Applied Science. Training combines classroom and hands-on laboratory work in arc and wire-feed welding, oxyacetylene work, MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, structural and ornamental fabrication, oxy-fuel cutting, and robotic welding, with optional AWS D1.1 qualification testing documented in current program cost sheets.

Programs Offered

Welding, Basic

Credential: Certificate
Program cost: $2,983
Processes: Stick
GI Bill: Eligible
Program Length: 1 semester
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Full-time, in person at Downtown Campus

A one-semester, in-person foundational certificate for students entering welding or upgrading basic trade… Read full description

A one-semester, in-person foundational certificate for students entering welding or upgrading basic trade skills. The program teaches shielded metal arc welding, oxyacetylene welding, and wire-feed welding, together with metal cutting, project planning, welding symbols, and hands-on work with common field equipment. It is the first credential in Pima’s stackable welding pathway.

Offered at

Downtown Campus — Tucson, AZ

Welding, Fabrication

Credential: Certificate
Program cost: $5,929
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
GI Bill: Eligible
Program Length: 1 year
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Full-time, in person at Downtown Campus

A one-year advanced certificate that builds on Pima’s foundational welding credential. Students develop… Read full description

A one-year advanced certificate that builds on Pima’s foundational welding credential. Students develop hands-on skills in Stick, TIG, MIG, and Flux-Core welding while working with structural steel, ornamental designs, exotic metals, and fabrication projects for construction and manufacturing work.

Offered at

Downtown Campus — Tucson, AZ

Welding

Credential: Associate of Applied Science
Program cost: $11,262
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
GI Bill: Eligible
Program Length: 2 years
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: Full-time, in person at Downtown Campus

A two-year Associate of Applied Science that extends Pima’s stackable welding certificates with advanced… Read full description

A two-year Associate of Applied Science that extends Pima’s stackable welding certificates with advanced project layout, measuring, cutting, welding, structural steel, ornamental work, fabrication, and estimating. The program combines in-person laboratory and classroom training for construction, manufacturing, custom fabrication, and related welding careers.

Offered at

Downtown Campus — Tucson, AZ

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