Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, Virginia · Public institution
- Address 4001 Wakefield Chapel Rd, Annandale, VA 22003-3796
- Phone (703) 323-3000
- Website https://www.nvcc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $5,891
- Tuition (out-of-state) $12,409
- 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.)
What this program covers
Northern Virginia Community College's course catalog confirms welding coursework under the WEL course prefix (12 course pages found via sitemap, e.g. WEL 120, 121, 122, 124, 130, 136, 150, 160, 161, 235, 247, 248). WEL 120 (Introduction to Welding) "introduces history of welding processes" and "covers types of equipment, and assembly of units," emphasizing fusion, non-fusion, and oxyacetylene cutting along with arc welding and plasma arc cutting; students learn to weld and braze sheet metal using an oxy-fuel torch and weld carbon steel plate using shielded metal arc welding and MIG equipment. It is a single-semester, 2-credit course (1 hour lecture, 2 hours lab, 3 hours/week total) aimed at beginning welders and at future automotive/diesel technicians. No welding-specific degree or certificate program page (with credential type, full program length, or named certifications) could be located; NOVA's Programs of Study search interface returned no results for a direct welding program search.
- Processes taught Fusion, non-fusion, and oxyacetylene cutting; arc welding (shielded metal arc welding); plasma arc cutting; MIG welding; oxy-fuel torch brazing of sheet metal
- Program length WEL 120 (Introduction to Welding): single semester, 2 credits
- Schedule WEL 120: 1 hour lecture, 2 hours laboratory, 3 hours/week total
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