Program entity
Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, Maine · Public institution
- Address 92 Western Ave, Fairfield, ME 04937-1367
- Phone (207) 453-5000
- Website www.kvcc.me.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,156
- Tuition (out-of-state) $7,036
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 18 (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
Kennebec Valley Community College's welding certificate program is 9 months long and prepares graduates to be proficient in oxy-acetylene welding and cutting, arc welding, MIG, and fabrication, with plasma cutting also mentioned as a steel-cutting method. Students can pursue AWS certification upon successful completion of certification tests. The program emphasizes hands-on, industry-driven training for manufacturing, construction, shipbuilding, aerospace, and power plant sectors.
- Processes taught oxy-acetylene welding and cutting, arc welding, MIG, plasma cutting
- Credential types certificate
- Program length 9 months
- Certifications prepped AWS certification (upon successful completion of certification tests)
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
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