Program entity

Washington County Community College

Calais, Maine · Public institution

Address One College Drive, Calais, ME 04619
Phone (207) 454-1000
Website www.wccc.me.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,156
Tuition (out-of-state) $7,036
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

Washington County Community College's Welding Technology certificate program is 36 credit hours, covering oxyacetylene welding, electric arc welding (all positions), MIG (flux core structural), TIG welding on stainless and carbon steel pipe, and pipe fitting with open root GTAW welding. Students prepare for American Welding Society structural stick welding certification, AWS flux core MIG structural certification, and State of Maine pipe certification.

Processes taught oxyacetylene welding, electric arc welding, MIG (flux core structural), TIG (stainless and carbon steel pipe), pipe fitting, open root GTAW
Credential types certificate (36 credit hours)
Program length 36 credit hours
Certifications prepped AWS structural stick welding certification; AWS flux core MIG structural certification; State of Maine pipe certification

Source: https://wccc.me.edu/academics/programs/programs-study/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