Spartanburg Community College

Spartanburg Community College offers a 27-credit Welding Certificate, a 61-credit Welding-General Technology AAS, and an 18-credit Advanced Welding Certificate. Students gain hands-on experience in Stick, TIG, MIG and Flux-Core welding, oxyfuel cutting, plate and pipe welding, fitting, and fabrication. The advanced certificate adds field welding, pipe fitting and qualification welding, with in-house testing toward SCC certification under AWS D1.1 structural-steel and/or ASME Section IX boiler-and-pressure-vessel codes.

Programs Offered

Welding - General Technology, AAS

Credential: Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Fabrication
GI Bill: Eligible
Program Length: 61 credit hours
AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Five terms day; minimum 74 academic weeks; starts any term

This 61-credit AAS combines the college's primary welding specialty with a secondary technical specialty and… Read full description

This 61-credit AAS combines the college's primary welding specialty with a secondary technical specialty and 15 credits of general education. Students complete the Welding Certificate course sequence and develop hands-on skills in Stick, TIG, MIG and Flux-Core welding, oxyfuel cutting, plate work, mild-steel and stainless-steel pipe, fitting, and fabrication. The published five-term day plan includes technical and general-education coursework selected with an advisor.

Offered at

Spartanburg (Giles) Campus — Spartanburg, SC

Welding Certificate

Credential: Certificate
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Fabrication
Program Length: 27 credit hours
AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Minimum 42 academic weeks; starts Fall or Spring

This 27-credit certificate prepares students for entry-level welding work through Stick, TIG, MIG and Flux-Core welding, oxyfuel cutting, and hands-on… Read full description

This 27-credit certificate prepares students for entry-level welding work through Stick, TIG, MIG and Flux-Core welding, oxyfuel cutting, and hands-on plate and pipe practice. Students work with mild-steel and stainless-steel pipe, and the certificate's courses apply toward SCC's Welding-General Technology AAS.

Offered at

Spartanburg (Giles) Campus — Spartanburg, SC

Advanced Welding Certificate

Credential: Certificate
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
Program Length: 18 credit hours
AWS Prep: Available

Schedule: 15 weeks; one term; starts Fall, Spring, or Summer

This 18-credit advanced certificate develops field-welding, fabrication-welding, advanced pipe-fitting, layout, construction, assembly, and… Read full description

This 18-credit advanced certificate develops field-welding, fabrication-welding, advanced pipe-fitting, layout, construction, assembly, and qualification-welding skills. The one-term curriculum uses portable welders and culminates in advanced testing for SCC welding certification under AWS D1.1 structural-steel and/or ASME Section IX boiler-and-pressure-vessel codes, administered by in-house AWS Certified Welding Inspectors and Certified Welding Educators.

Offered at

Spartanburg (Giles) Campus — Spartanburg, SC

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