Program entity

Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, Florida · Public institution

Address 901 34th St S, Saint Petersburg, FL 33711-2209
Phone Not published
Website www.myptc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) Not available
Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
Program total cost $5,671
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 25 (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

Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg's Welding Technology program (Program J400400) totals 1050 hours and covers SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW, plus a basic understanding of pipe welding and oxyfuel gas cutting, plasma arc cutting, and carbon arc gouging. The St. Petersburg campus offers day (Mon-Fri 7:00am-12:15pm) and evening (Mon-Thu 4:00pm-9:00pm) classes. After completing all competencies, students are eligible to take the AWS certification test; the facility is an AWS accredited testing site.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, pipe welding (basic), oxyfuel gas cutting, plasma arc cutting, carbon arc gouging
Program length 1050 hours
Schedule day (Mon-Fri 7:00am-12:15pm) and evening (Mon-Thu 4:00pm-9:00pm)
Certifications prepped AWS certification test; AWS accredited testing facility

Source: https://stpete.myptc.edu/programs/st-petersburg-full-time-programs/welding-technology, 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