{"id":1791,"date":"2025-06-04T16:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/?page_id=1791"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:08:13","slug":"our-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/our-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Welding Technology Department strives to provide excellent career readiness training in welding, welding inspection, fabrication, and metal arts. Students can take individual courses or choose from a variety of award plans to earn certificates and\/ or associate of applied science degrees which are crafted to build a strong skillset in the completer. Read a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/faqs\/\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> about the Welding Technology Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welding Technology Department strives to provide excellent career readiness training in welding, welding inspection, fabrication, and metal arts. Students can take individual courses or choose from a variety of award plans to earn certificates and\/ or associate of applied science degrees which are crafted to build a strong skillset in the completer. Read a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Awards Available","column_1":"<p>Link to more information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/programs\/\">programs<\/a> we offer.<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Tuition, Fees, and Other Costs","column_1":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most college credit welding courses are 4 credit hours each.<\/li>\n<li>Each 4 credit hour course costs $391 for In-District students ($1,195 for Out-of-District; $1,463 for Out of State).<\/li>\n<li>Grants, scholarships, and payment plans are available to help students pay for college.<\/li>\n<li>Welding students are required to provide their own personal protective equipment and clothing, plus certain tools.\u00a0 Link to <a href=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/required-supplies\/\">Required Supplies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.austincc.edu\/tuition-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuition and Fees information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/financial-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Financial Aid information<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Note to High School Students: Find out if you\u2019re eligible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/free-tuition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACC Free Tuition Pilot Program<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Textbooks","column_1":"<p><em>Welding Principles and Applications<\/em>\u00a0by Larry Jeffus is required for most technical welding courses.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Metallurgy\u00a0<\/em>by BJ Moniz is required for WLDG 1337 Metallurgy.<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Schedule","column_1":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1482 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/04\/RS10055_20190313-RVS-Israel-Mireles-ca-069_scr-e1745007769819-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/04\/RS10055_20190313-RVS-Israel-Mireles-ca-069_scr-e1745007769819-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/04\/RS10055_20190313-RVS-Israel-Mireles-ca-069_scr-e1745007769819-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/04\/RS10055_20190313-RVS-Israel-Mireles-ca-069_scr-e1745007769819-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/04\/RS10055_20190313-RVS-Israel-Mireles-ca-069_scr-e1745007769819.jpg 1346w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Welding classes are offered in the fall, spring, and summer semesters.<\/li>\n<li>In fall and spring, the semester is 16 weeks long.\u00a0 Most classes meet twice a week for 2 hours and 35 minutes each time, or once a week for 5 hours and 20 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>In summer the welding classes are 9 weeks long.\u00a0 Most classes meet twice a week for 4 hours and 45 minutes each time.<\/li>\n<li>In any semester the student gets 80 hours of class time for a 4 credit-hour welding class.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Course schedules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Program Locations   ","column_1":"<p>Welding classes are offered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/campuses\/riverside-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riverside Campus<\/a>\u00a0in southeast Austin and at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/campuses\/round-rock-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Round Rock Campus<\/a>.\u00a0 The Welding Inspection and Architectural and Ornamental Metals classes are only offered at the Riverside Campus. Link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/location\/\">Locations\/Campuses page<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"sidekick":"","hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"html","html_content":"<h1><strong>Our Department<\/strong><\/h1>\n","background_image":{"ID":1865,"id":1865,"title":"welding","filename":"sparks-e1749562407730.jpg","filesize":65832,"url":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/sparks-e1749562407730.jpg","link":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/home\/welding-4\/","alt":"Welding sparks","author":"4","description":"","caption":"","name":"welding-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1278,"date":"2025-06-10 13:32:15","modified":"2025-06-10 13:32:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1286,"height":484,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/sparks-e1749562407730-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/sparks-e1749562407730-300x113.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":113,"medium_large":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/sparks-e1749562407730-768x289.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":289,"large":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/sparks-e1749562407730-1024x385.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":385,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/sparks-e1749562407730.jpg","1536x1536-width":1286,"1536x1536-height":484,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/06\/sparks-e1749562407730.jpg","2048x2048-width":1286,"2048x2048-height":484}}}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/welding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}