Program entity · AWS ATF co-located

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Conway, South Carolina · Public institution

Address 2050 Highway 501 East, Conway, SC 29526
Phone (843) 347-3186
Website www.hgtc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,468
Tuition (out-of-state) $8,836
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 48 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located Yes (Matched AWS ATF facility city+state (Conway, SC) against the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025).)

Program details

What this program covers

Horry-Georgetown Technical College's Advanced Welding Technologies is a 34-credit-hour certificate program spanning three semesters (Fall, Spring, Summer), offered at the Conway and Georgetown campuses. Coursework covers thermal cutting and SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW processes on ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including purge welding of sanitary process pipe, along with shop/site safety, blueprint reading, metallurgy, construction math, and hand/power tool use. The program states it is preparing students for AWS welder performance certifications.

Processes taught Thermal cutting, SMAW (Arc), GMAW (MIG), FCAW (Flux Core), GTAW (TIG) in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including purge welding of sanitary process pipe
Credential types Certificate - Advanced Welding Technologies
Program length 34 total credit hours across three semesters (Fall, Spring, Summer)
Certifications prepped AWS welder performance certifications

Source: https://www.hgtc.edu/, 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