16 Credits CERT3770/CERT2471, Academic Catalog 2025-2026
Advanced Welding is a continuation of the Intro to Welding Certificate. Course being offered in Advanced welding include Safety, GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, Blue Print Reading, and Fabrication. Students will learn more about safety as they will earn their OSHA 10 card. In the GMAW process students will concentrate more on pulse welding of carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. Students will also be introduced into the Flux Core Process (FCAW). Students will have the opportunity earn a qualifications in AWS D1.1 in those processes. In the GTAW process students will learn and practice welding in out of position welds as well as pulse GTAW welding. The course is also going to introduce students in the fabrication processes.
Campuses: Faribault and North Mankato
Program Start Semesters: Fall and Spring
Base estimate for 16 credit program
Tuition is paid on a semester by semester basis and will vary depending on the courses and total credits you take.
Tuition and Fees: $3,431
Tools and Equipment: $100 - $300
Total Estimated Cost: $3,531 - $3,731 *
Compare the costs and you'll see that tuition at South Central College is much more affordable than other institutions.
*Based on 2025-2026 tuition and fees rates. Does not include extra expenses for online delivery, course fees, or course differential. Books, transportation, and living expenses also not included.
The course requirements listed below are specific to the current school year (noted above). If you need to view the program from previous years view our Catalog Archive.
Required Technical Courses (9 Courses)
Complete all of the following courses:
WELD1010 OSHA 10 Hour and Welding Safety (1 credits)
This course is intended to provide entry level general industry workers information about their rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint as well as how to identify, abate, avoid, and prevent job related hazards on a job site. The training covers a variety of general industry safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter. An emphasis is placed on safety issues that exist in the welding environment. (Prerequisite: None)
WELD1065 Metallurgy (1 credits)
Students will learn how metal discoveries and uses have impacted human history. The course will also include an introduction to the internal structure of metals, how alloys are made, and how metals are affected in the welding process. (Prerequisite: None)
WELD1108 Advanced Blueprint Reading (2 credits)
Students will be expanding what was learned in the Introduction to Welding certificate. This class will also add new blueprints that have to do with Fabrication. Blueprints used in this class will also be used to build weldments used in the advanced welding classes. (Prerequisite: WELD 1007 Blueprint Reading or equivalent from another technical college or instructor approval.)
WELD1126 Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (1 credits)
Advanced shielded metal arc welding (Adv. SMAW) is adding upon the basic taught in the introduction certificate. There will be a more of an emphasis on D.1. 1 3G and 4G groove weld test with backer and without backer. This course will also introduce students to welding pipe and performing the 6G weld test at the end of the course. (Prerequisites: WELD 1025 - Introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding or equivalent from another school or instructor approval.)
WELD1136 Advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding (2 credits)
This course is more concentrated on the pulse welding of Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW). Student will learn how to pulse on carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. Students will learn more about the Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). At the end of the course student will take D1.1 weld test(s) in Pulse and in FCAW. (Prerequisites: WELD 1035 - Introduction to GMAW or equivalent from another technical college or instructor approval.
WELD1146 Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (3 credits)
In this course students will obtain a better knowledge of how to access the programs of the different machines being used. Students will weld in out of position welds. This course will give students more lab time to practice pipe welding. Students will also learn how to pulse gas tungsten arc welding on stainless steel and aluminum. (Prerequisite: WELD 1045 - Introduction to GTAW or equivalent from another technical college or instructor approval.)
WELD1160 Fabrication I (2 credits)
In this course students will be introduced to the concepts of fabrication. They will also learn proper names of the equipment and hand tools associated with fabrication. (Prerequisite: WELD 1011 - Safety OSHA 10 or instructor approval.)
WELD1175 Advanced Welding Lab II (4 credits)
In this course students will be given more lab time to incorporate what they have been learning in the other classes. Students will read a print and weld a weldment that may be used by industry. (Prerequisites: WELD 1011 - Safety OSHA 10, WELD 1126 - Advanced SMAW, WELD 1136 - Advanced GMAW, WELD 1108 - Advanced Blueprint Reading, WELD 1146 - Advanced GTAW, WELD 1160 - Fabrication I or instructor approval.)
PLEASE NOTE: All program plans are preliminary and curriculum may change without notice. Your catalog of record may have different requirements.
