Truckee Meadows Community College is a public two-year institution in Reno, Nevada. Its Applied Technology Center offers a stackable welding pathway with short-term skills certificates, 30-credit Certificates of Achievement, and a 60-credit Manufacturing Technologies Welding Associate of Applied Science. Current curricula span Stick, MIG, TIG, Flux-Core, structural and fabrication work, oxyfuel welding and cutting, plasma and CNC plasma cutting, air carbon arc cutting, and brazing. Students train in advanced shops and labs, with several credentials explicitly preparing for American Welding Society certification or performance qualification.