Trinity Valley Community College is a public two-year college serving East Texas. Its Welding department offers stackable credentials ranging from a short occupational skills award and specialized TIG and pipe certificates through a 32-credit Welding Certificate and 60-credit Welding Technology Associate of Applied Science. Current Athens-based curricula emphasize hands-on instruction in Stick and MIG welding, pipe welding, layout and fabrication, with TIG courses available in specialized and elective study. The AAS combines technical welding courses with general education and prepares students for manufacturing, construction, pipeline, fabrication, repair, and industrial-maintenance work.