South Texas College offers four welding credentials: a 14-credit Occupational Skills Award, a 29-credit Structural Welding certificate, a 41-credit Combination Welding certificate, and a 60-credit Welding Associate of Applied Science. Students receive hands-on instruction in Stick, MIG, TIG, Flux-Core, layout, and fabrication; advanced pathways add open-groove and pipe welding. Official program materials state that graduates are eligible for welding performance-qualification testing under American Welding Society standards, and the college operates an AWS Accredited Test Facility.