Program entity

Northeast Alabama Community College

Rainsville, Alabama · Public institution

Address 138 Highway 35, Rainsville, AL 35986
Phone Not published
Website https://www.nacc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $5,040
Tuition (out-of-state) $8,910
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 28 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located No (No AWS ATF facility found in this city+state in the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025, 200 domestic facilities) -- not a gap, a computed negative match.)

Program details

What this program covers

Northeast Alabama Community College's Industrial Systems Technology: Welding program offers a stackable set of credentials -- an AAS, a certificate, and short-term certificates (including one in structural welding). Students train in SMAW, GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), and FCAW in individual welding booths, aligned with AWS standards, in a Workforce Development Skills Training Center that also includes an expanded fabrication area, a CNC plasma cutting system, and a large metal brake for forming.

Processes taught SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG, FCAW/flux-core, structural welding
Credential types AAS; Certificate; Short-Term Certificate
Certifications prepped AWS standards
Facilities Workforce Development Skills Training Center; individual welding booths; expanded fabrication area; CNC plasma cutting system; metal brake

Source: https://www.nacc.edu/programs-of-study/tech-programs/industrial-systems-technology-welding, retrieved 2026-08-05

Sources & provenance

Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04