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Welding

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

Dual Enrollment for college and high school

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