Program entity
· AWS ATF co-located
Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Public institution
- Address 2320 N Career Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57107-1301
- Phone (605) 367-7624
- Website www.southeasttech.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $7,650
- Tuition (out-of-state) $7,650
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 51 (latest reported year)
- AWS ATF co-located Yes (Matched AWS ATF facility city+state (Sioux Falls, SD) against the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025).)
Program details
What this program covers
Southeast Technical College's welding program is a 1-year diploma (two semesters) covering shielded metal arc, flux core arc, gas metal arc, and gas tungsten arc welding plus plasma arc cutting. Training occurs at the Ed Wood Trade and Industry Center in Sioux Falls, and the college states it was South Dakota's first AWS Accredited Test Facility; students earn two AWS welding certifications upon completing the program.
- Processes taught SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, GTAW, plasma arc cutting
- Credential types diploma
- Program length 1 year (two semesters)
- Certifications prepped two AWS welding certifications
- Facilities Ed Wood Trade and Industry Center, Sioux Falls, SD; AWS Accredited Test Facility
- Financial aid Build Dakota Eligible scholarship program
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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