Welding Technology Program
When it comes to welding education, you have choices. Some programs give you just enough preparation to work in the field. With the Welding program at Greenville Technical College, you’re not giving your skills a quick fix. Instead, you'll study the fundamentals or pursue more specialized skills in the Center for Welding and Automation Excellence, the largest and most advanced welding training facility in the Southeast, where experienced, certified instructors help you lay the foundation for a lifelong career.
NOW OPEN - The Center for Welding and Automation Excellence (CWAE) at our Brashier Campus—a cutting-edge, 44,000-square-foot facility designed to address the welding workforce shortage head-on.
If you're seeking a career in a high-demand field, we can help make your education even more affordable with the
Career Pathways Scholarship.
CPS may cover the cost of tuition, fees and books if you're enrolled in a qualifying program at GTC.
Expanded facilities and hands-on preparation mean students leave prepared to work for
- sheet metal fabricators
- construction firms
- plant maintenance providers
- auto body welding companies
- major construction companies
- nuclear power jobsites
- self-employment
Greenville Technical College Welding graduates have achieved positions with well-known companies in the Upstate and beyond including Atlantic Group, Austin Industrial GA, B. F. Shaw, B&L Mechanical, BMW, Boiler Tube Company of America, G. E. Gas Turbine, Fluor and more.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THE PROGRAM
- blueprint reading
- weld safety
- weld quality evaluation
- welding and cutting of carbon and stainless steel plate and pipe
- oxygen/acetylene cutting
- plasma cutting
- SMAW, GTAW and GMAW welding processes
- pipe fitting and pipe welding
- fabrication welding
- preparation for testing and certification within the industry
Graduates may obtain professional credentials such as certified welder (subject to passing exam).
Using the Contren Learning Series, students are trained according to national welding codes including the American Welding Society of Mechanical Engineers, Section IX (ASME).
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Greenville Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. Degree-granting institutions also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels.
Questions about the accreditation of Greenville Technical College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling 404-679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).
All welding programs are located at Greenville Technical College's Brashier Campus.
Welding and Robotic Technology
Certificate in Applied Science
This program prepares welding graduates for testing and certification for local metal fabrication shops, maintenance welding, and construction pipe welding.
Welding program details from our current catalog »
Welding, Specialized
Certificate in Applied Science
This program trains students in plate, mild steel pipe, and stainless steel pipe welding using the GMAW and the GTAW welding techniques.
Specialized Welding details from our current catalog »
Welding Refresher (Booth Rental) - non-credit option
Click the program below to view the ideal grouping of courses in order by semester. This plan assumes a full-time schedule. Note, however, that many variables can affect this plan, and not every course is offered every semester. Please see your advisor to map out your own personalized progression toward graduation.
Welding and Robotic Technology
Certificate in Applied Science
Welding Advisor and APD
Casey Ross | 864-250-4145 | Casey.Ross@gvltec.edu
Department Head
Terrance Shearn | 864-250-4164 | Terrance.Shearn@gvltec.edu
Administrative Assistant
Kortney Simmons | 864-250-4160 | Kortney.Simmons@gvltec.edu
Instructors
Torrey Johnson
Dominique Louris
Ronald Lowery
Casey Ross
Terrance Shearn