Program entity

Wilton Simpson Technical College

Brooksville, Florida · Public institution

Address 4057 California Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-0683
Phone (352) 797-7018
Website hernandoschools.org/schools/stc
Tuition (in-state) Not available
Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
Program total cost $2,733
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 6 (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

Wilton Simpson Technical College's Welding Technology certificate of completion totals 1,050 hours across five tiered courses (150 hours each for Assistant and SMAW levels, then 450 hours for the final Welder course). It covers SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW, offered as an evening-only program Monday-Thursday 3:30pm-9:30pm over 53 weeks at Central High School in Brooksville, FL. Students are prepared to take the AWS exam. In-state tuition is $2.44/hour and out-of-state is $9.32/hour.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW
Credential types certificate of completion
Program length 1,050 total hours across five tiered courses; 53 weeks
Schedule evening only, Monday-Thursday 3:30pm-9:30pm
Certifications prepped AWS (American Welding Society) Exam
Facilities Central High School, Brooksville, FL

Source: https://wstc.hernandoschools.org/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