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Welding and Fabrication

If you want a career in a skilled trade that allows you to create things with your hands, our welding and fabrication program could be a good choice for you.

In this program, you’ll gain skills in many types of welding techniques, including shielded metal-arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding, MIG and TIG welding. You’ll also learn how to read blueprints and layout, cut and prepare materials for assembly. Your training will include hands-on practice with overhead cranes, grinders, power saws, ironworker tools, cold saws, drill presses and other equipment found in welding and fabrication shops.

Whether you want to work on construction sites, in a manufacturing plant, for a utility company or in a fabrication shop, this program prepares you for many excellent opportunities in the welding trade. Chose between the evening or daytime program to incorporate earning this certificate into your daily life.

This is a three-quarter, competency-based program. The competency-based model allows you to advance through the program at your own pace. For example, if you complete first quarter competencies before the end of the quarter, you will automatically advance to second-quarter material.

Detailed Information

This is a three-quarter, competency-based program. The competency-based model allows you to advance through the program at your own pace. For example, if you complete first quarter competencies before the end of the quarter, you will automatically advance to second-quarter material.

What You’ll Learn

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NOTE: All students must recieve a minimum 2.5 GPA in all support courses


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NOTE: You must apply and be accepted into the program before taking the following courses

Estimated costs for completing this program

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Cost Type WA Resident Non-Resident International
Total Costs $ $ $

Costs for completing a degree or certificate can vary. For more information about costs, visit our How Much Does it Cost? page.

Have a question? Let's hear it.

Alaynah Hardesty

Workforce Transitions Specialist
Alaynah.Hardesty@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-7398

Bradley Hein

Department Chair
Bradley.Hein@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-7150

Sam Tevis

Department Chair
Sam.Tevis@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-7162

Russell Schluter

Colville Faculty
Russell.Schluter@scc.spokane.edu
509-279-6763