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Note: This is a non-degree certificate program and credit earned will not count toward a degree.

Program Highlights

Fire up your future with a welding certificate.

ADI’s welding certificate program can help you jumpstart your career in a wide range of
industrial and mechanical fields. Our expert instructors have real-world experience in a variety
of welding techniques to give you a competitive edge when entering the workforce.

  • Learn welding joint construction, inspection, and testing of welds while preparing for a career as a welder/fabricator, welding inspector, structural ironworker, or metal art sculptor.
  • Get hands-on instruction from experienced American Welding Society (AWS)-certified professionals in small classes that allow you the attention you deserve.
At a glance
27

Credit hours

2

Semesters (Avg.)

92.8%

Of our graduates are employed or continuing their education

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Why study welding?

Students successfully completing this program will have acquired the knowledge and skills necessary for employment in the welding industry. Skills and knowledge presented in the program include oxy-acetylene welding, cutting and brazing, shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW/MIG), gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW/TIG), and flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), along with destructive weld testing methods. The curriculum is designed to meet or exceed the requirements set forth by the American Welding Society (AWS).

Career Facts

$47,010

Median salary for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

8%

Estimated job outlook (2020-30)

$59,369

Median salary for welding inspectors

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Curriculum

ADI’s welding certificate program is a two-semester program consisting of 27 credit hours. Our curriculum includes cutting and oxy-fuel welding, gas metal arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding.

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Sample Courses

Cutting and Oxy-Fuel Welding

Description
Provides students with the opportunity to safely use equipment to use oxy-acetylene welding and cutting (OAW, or OFC-A), and plasma arc cutting (PAC) techniques to cut metal and and produce quality welds. Students will also learn to identify various joint fit-ups used in welding pipe, and will demonstrate various uses of pipe welding/cutting with PAC and OFC-A with 1G, 2G, 5G, and 6G positions.
15 hours of lecture and 90 hours of lab are required.

Gas Metal Arc Welding

Description
Provides students with the opportunity to safely use equipment to perform gas metal arc welding (GMAW, or MIG) and flux cored arc welding (FCAW) to produce quality welds.
15 hours of lecture and 90 hours of lab are required.

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

Description
Provides students with the opportunity to safely use equipment to perform gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) to produce quality welds.
15 hours of lecture and 90 hours of lab are required.
In Their Words
“By learning American Welding Society processes and learning industry standards from ADI's welding program, I have advanced my career significantly.”
Noah Pung
ADI Graduate

Additional Requirements

Students in this program will be required to take ASE tests T3 and T7.

Accreditation

The Auto/Diesel Institute of Michigan is accredited by the ASE Education Foundation, 1503 Edwards Ferry Road NE, Suite 401, Leesburg, VA 20176.

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