Ridgewater College

A 32-credit, one-year welding diploma delivered through extensive in-person shop training. Official program material documents Stick, TIG, MIG, oxyacetylene welding, oxyacetylene cutting, plasma cutting, metal forming, and basic fabrication. The diploma is available at Hutchinson and Willmar, with weekday daytime laboratories and a fall start.

A 72-credit degree emphasizing extensive welding laboratory work, manual and robotic welding, fabrication, and plate, structural, and pipe applications alongside technical and general education. The documented curriculum includes Stick, MIG/Flux-Core, TIG, oxy-fuel welding and cutting, plasma cutting, pipe welding, layout, and fabrication.

A 64-credit diploma providing advanced hands-on preparation in manual and robotic welding, fabrication, and plate, structural, and pipe applications. Its documented technical sequence includes Stick, MIG/Flux-Core, TIG, oxy-fuel welding and cutting, plasma cutting, pipe welding, metal forming, and fabrication.

A 16-credit entry-level certificate covering Stick, MIG, and oxyacetylene welding, electrode selection, shop equipment, and foundational fabrication context. It is delivered in person with a fall start and weekday laboratory schedule.

A 60-credit interdisciplinary diploma combining creation and inspection of weldments. Students practice Stick, TIG, metal-arc and oxyacetylene welding, metal forming, and basic fabrication, then assess weld quality using ultrasound, phased-array, radiographic, liquid-penetrant, and magnetic-particle methods. The program is offered in person at Hutchinson with full- or part-time options and flexible weekday labs.

A 16-credit certificate focused on nondestructive radiographic methods used to identify internal defects in metals and weldments. The broader NDT program documents hands-on X-ray and isotope radiography alongside weld-quality applications; inspection topics are described here but are not recorded as welding processes.

A 16-credit certificate focused on ultrasonic nondestructive testing of metals and weldments. Ridgewater documents hands-on ultrasound and related NDT methods for defect detection; these inspection methods are described here but are not recorded as welding or thermal-cutting processes.