Welding Technology: Certificate of Achievement

Cost: $2,826
Length: 34 weeks
Working 6 months later: Not reported

Program names, program descriptions and occupation titles appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

People enrolled: 151

Finished the program: 100%Based on 127 people
Working 6 months later: Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after: Not reported

The jobs this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Shrinking -16%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

Trains for more than one job. The outlook shown is the weakest of them.

Where California publishes a separate figure for Napa MSA (Napa County), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Job ads may call this: Wirer · Brazer · Welder · Solderer

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments.

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Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

Typical pay in California: $59,385per yearNapa MSA: $60,450
Projected openings: 28,860Napa MSA: 100
Projected change: +3.2%
Usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent

Getting in

Experience needed first: None
Training after you are hired: 1 to 12 months

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: High school diploma — 48% of the people doing this work.

California says this job usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent. 18% of the people doing it went less far than that.

No high school diploma: 18%
High school diploma: 48%
Started college, no degree: 22%
Two-year degree: 9%
Four-year degree: 3%
Master's degree: 0.4%
Doctorate or professional degree: 0.2%

This counts people already doing this job, across the whole United States. Every other figure on this page is California's, and the federal government publishes no state version of this one. It is what people happen to have, not a rule about who gets hired. A small row does not mean you would be turned away, and a large one is not a promise of a job.

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Pay, hiring, and what people studied

Job ads may call this: Fabricator · Mig Welder · Spot Welder · Braze Operator

Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
Record operational information on specified production reports.

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Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.

Typical pay in California: $50,057per year
Projected openings: 1,830
Projected change: -16%
Usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent

California publishes no separate figure for this job in Napa MSA. The statewide figures above are the only ones there are.

Getting in

Experience needed first: None
Training after you are hired: 1 to 12 months

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: High school diploma — 48% of the people doing this work.

California says this job usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent. 18% of the people doing it went less far than that.

No high school diploma: 18%
High school diploma: 48%
Started college, no degree: 22%
Two-year degree: 9%
Four-year degree: 3%
Master's degree: 0.4%
Doctorate or professional degree: 0.2%

Program details

This program provides in-person instruction only.

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding resistance welding brazing and soldering cutting high-energy beam welding and cutting solid state welding ferrous and non-ferrous materials oxidation-reduction reactions welding metallurgy welding processes and heat treating structural design safety and applicable codes and standards.

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Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-08-04). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

A comprehensive center is where all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. California's Employment Development Department directs people to CareerOneStop's finder to locate one. Contacting a center before traveling is worth it — the state notes that its own staff are not physically present at every location.

The rule: 20 CFR 678.305 — What is a comprehensive one-stop center? · 20 CFR 678.310 — What is an affiliated site? · California EDD — Office Locator

YoloWorks! Career Center- WoodlandComprehensive center
Phone: 530-661-2641
25 North Cottonwood StreetGonzalez BuildingWoodland, CA 95695about 21.4 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
CareerPoint NapaComprehensive center
Phone: 707-253-4134
2751 Napa Valley Corporate DriveBldg A. Suite 106Napa, CA 94559about 21.8 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
America`s Job Center of California - FairfieldAffiliate site
Phone: 707-863-3500
500 Chadbourne RoadSuite AFairfield, CA 94534about 22 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask →

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

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