River Parishes Community College is a public Louisiana community college with academic and workforce welding training. Its current academic pathway progresses from an 8-credit Welder Helper certificate through a 23-credit Entry Welder certificate to a 48-credit Welding Technical Diploma offered at Gonzales and Reserve. The curriculum includes thermal cutting, Stick, MIG, Flux-Core and TIG welding, plate and pipe work and preparation for NCCER and AWS credentials. RPCC also lists a separate NCCER CORE and AWS Welding workforce course at Gonzales and Westside.