Award Plans

Explore Your Future in Welding Technology

Welding offers tremendous career opportunities with applications across nearly every industry—and for nearly every personality type. At Austin Community College, the Welding Technology Department provides a variety of award options to help you reach your goals, whether you want to build skills quickly or pursue a comprehensive degree.

Program Formats:

•  Occupational Skills Award in Multiple Process Welding – A short-term program designed to build welding skills quickly, which can be completed in a single semester.
• Certificates – Focused, hands-on training programs that can be completed in just two semesters. Certificates do not require core academic courses or TSI testing.
• Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees – Two year programs with 12 welding classes and 5 general education courses.

Programs

• Code Welding (program information here) 
  • Code Welding AAS
  • Structural Welding Certificate
  • Pipe Welding Certificate 
  • Ultrahigh Purity Piping Certificate
  • Multiple Process Welding Occupational Skills Award
• Welding Inspection (program information here)
  • Welding Inspection AAS
  • Inspection Certificate
• Architectural and Ornamental Metals (program information here)
  • Architectural and Ornamental Metals AAS
  • Architectural and Ornamental Metals: Introduction to Fabrication Certificate
  • Architectural and Ornamental Metals: Advanced Fabrication Certificate