Forge a Career with Welding Technology Training
Start your career in the skilled trades with welding training programs at St. Louis Community College. STLCC offers a certificate of specialization (CS) and certificate of proficiency (CP), giving you flexible options to develop welding skills for today’s workforce.
The programs introduce essential welding techniques, safety practices and industry standards used in manufacturing, construction and other industries. You’ll learn how to safely operate welding equipment, apply industry techniques and build the skills needed for entry-level welding roles. Choose a credential path that aligns with your career goals and prepares you for opportunities in a variety of skilled trades fields.
What is Welding Technology at St. Louis Community College?
STLCC’s welding technology programs help you build the skills needed to begin a career in welding and related skilled trades fields. You’ll learn essential welding techniques, safety practices and industry standards used in manufacturing, construction and other work environments.
Training topics include:
- Oxy-acetylene welding.
- Brazing.
- Cutting.
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW).
- Gas-metal arc welding (GMAW).
- Flux-cored arc welding (FCAW).
- Gas-tungsten arc welding (GTAW).
- Large-diameter welding.
STLCC offers two credential options to match your career goals:
Certificate of specialization (CS): Provides introductory welding training and builds basic skills in welding techniques, equipment and safety.
Certificate of proficiency (CP): Offers more advanced welding training in multiple welding processes and prepares students for a wider range of entry-level welding opportunities.
Both programs include Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 and safety training to help you enter the workforce prepared to follow workplace safety standards.
What Can You Do With a Welding Technology Certificate?
A welding technology certificate from STLCC can prepare you for entry-level careers in industries that rely on skilled welding professionals, including construction, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and fabrication. Welders use their skills to join metal parts, repair equipment and create products and structures used in a variety of industries.
Graduates can pursue opportunities as welders, welding technicians, fabricators and production specialists. As you gain experience and expand your skills, you may work with advanced welding processes such as metal inert gas (MIG), tungsten inert gas (TIG) and SMAW, or specialize in areas such as metal fabrication, repair and manufacturing.
The program also includes OSHA 10 certification, which provides training in workplace safety practices and helps prepare you to meet employer expectations. Related STLCC programs, such as engineering technology, can help you continue building technical skills and career opportunities.
Welding Technology Programs
- Degrees offered: Certificate of proficiency (CP), certificate of specialization (CS)
- Location: Florissant Valley
- CP hours to complete: 31
- CS hours to complete: 16
- Program contact name: Max Damron
- Program contact email: mdamron4@stlcc.edu
Tuition for district residents is $127 per credit hour for in-district students. Find out more about our straightforward and low-cost tuition structure.
Please note that financial aid is not available for this program.
Why You Should Choose STLCC's Welding Technology Programs
Graduate With Little or no Debt
We believe cost should never be a barrier to achieving your potential. Save over $4,700 per year with tuition that's one-third lower than other local institutions.
Ramp Up High Wage Skills
STLCC offers career-focused certificate programs that can establish you in a new career in as few as 12 weeks.
Small Class Sizes
Among the best of any Missouri college, taking personalized learning to a new level with a 22:1 student to teacher ratio. All of our instructors have worked in the industry and bring that experience to the classroom.
Modern Facilities
STLCC offers the largest, most extensive set of industrial machinery and electronic test equipment of any school in the state. Students enrolled in this program learn on the equipment used in the industry.
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