Career Details

  • Baldwin Prep’s Welding Program prepares students for a career field that’s in high demand. Students gain hands-on experience with a wide range of welding techniques including Stick, Flux-Cored Arc, MIG, and TIG welding. This short-term certificate in Basic Plate Welding-SMAW Fillet is designed to prepare individuals through both theory and practical application.

    This is a career program designed for students to go directly into the labor market upon completion. Although some of the courses in this program will transfer to four-year institutions, this program is not designed to be a transfer program of study.

Welding

  • Learn through hands-on instruction including tig welding, inspecting, cutting, trimming, pipe & more to be prepared for a wide range of opportunities in this high-demand field.  Average earning potential: $51,000.    Average completion time: 3 years

Skills Students Will Learn:

    • Tig Welding
    • Inspecting Parts and Material
    • Cutting
    • Welding Trimming
    • Pipe

Post Secondary Degrees

  • Associates Degree Autobody/Collision Repair, Medium/Heavy Duty Vehicle Technician, Mechanical Technology
  • Bachelors Degree Engineer, Automotive Technology
  • Graduate Degree Engineer

Dual Enrollment for college and high school

  • First Year Shielded Metal Arc Fillet/OFC, Shielded Metal Arc Fillet/PAC/CAC, Shielded Metal Arc Fillet/OFC LAB, Shielded Metal Arc Fillet/PAC/CAC/ Lab
  • Second Year Intro to Pipefitting, Intro to Pipefitting Tools, Intro to Pipefitting Blueprints, Intro to Piping System, Drawings & Detail Sheets
  • Third Year SMAW Carbon Pipe, SMAW Carbon Pipe Lab

Dual Enrollment

  • * Dual Enrollment Courses are offered through Coastal Alabama Community College

Future Career Opportunities & Income:

  • Occupation Median wage Avg openings in AL
    Welder $43,555 297
    Pipe Welding $53,636 54
    Welding Inspector $57,210 26