Our list of welding schools in South Carolina offers a variety of options in welding education. Be sure to do your due diligence in researching any welding school that you intened on pursuing. Our site, Class One Welding has no affiliation with any of the schools, colleges or apprenticeships listed anywhere on this page.
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List Of Welding Schools In South Carolina
You may also want to look at neighboring states here in our welding school directory. Click on the title of the schools below to go to their website for more information.
ArcLabs (Columbia, Piedmont & Hanahan)
ArcLabs has three welding schools located in South Carolina and one in Virginia. Each welding school has four different programs that you can choose from, the longest most in depth program is 900 hours. This is a very professional, highly respected welder training school. They go beyond just training students by offering training for large corporations.
All of the major welding processes are taught including Stick, MIG, TIG and FCAW. In addition to welding you will have classroom learning that will consist welding theory, safety and blueprint reading.
Palmetto Training (North Charleston)
7293 Peppermill Pkwy
North Charleston, SC 29418
Phone: (843) 746-9387
This welding school offers a 14 week course that specifically teaches you structural steel welding. At the end of the program you will take the AWS D1.1 welding certification test. My personal opinion is that this welding school is perfect for those that need this particular certification but not for someone that is wanting to become a career welder.
York Technical College
452 South Anderson Road
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730
Phone: (803) 327-8000
The York Technical welding program will teach you all of the major welding processes including SMAW, GMAW and TIG welding. Sorry but I do not have much information on this school. You may want to look at my Tips For Choosing A Welding school so you don’t waste your money somewhere!
Spartanburg Community College
107 Community College Drive
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: (864) 592-4600
This community college has two different welding programs as list below.
Getting a degree may not seem very helpful to have as an entry level welder but it can pay off to have it in the future. The Associates Degree program covers all aspects of welding, metal cutting and welding theory. You will learn to weld structural steel as well as pipe. In classroom learning will consist of industry related subjects like blueprint reading and weld inspection.
Midlands Technical College
P.O. Box 2408
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: (803)738-8324
This South Carolina welding school offers several different welding classes and programs.
Greenville Tech
PO Box 5616
Greenville SC 29606
Phone: (864) 250-8730
Greenville Tech has a wide variety of welding programs that range from basic welding skills to more advanced skills like stainless steel pipe welding. The cover all welding processes including Stick, MIG and TIG.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College (Two Locations – Conway & Georgetown)
2050 Highway 501 East
Conway, South Carolina 29528
Phone: (843) 349-5277
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
3250 St. Matthews Road
Orangeburg, SC 29118
Phone: (803) 536-0311
This technical college offers three different programs.
- Basic Welding Certificate
- Intermediate Welding Certificate
- Welding Fundamentals Certificate
These are great welding classes but may not go as in depth as other welding programs that offer an Associate’s degree path.
Piedmont Technical College (Two Locations)
620 N. Emerald Rd
Greenwood, SC 29648
Piedmont Technical College offers an in depth welding program where you can earn an Associate’s Degree. The Associates Degree in Welding program offers an excellent curriculum for those seeking a long term welding career. They cover all the basic welding processes including SMAW, GMAW, GTAW and Flux Cored Arc Welding. In addition to welding you will learn how to effectively use a cutting torch, plasma cutter and other semi automated cutting processes.
In the classroom you will learn welding related skills like blueprint reading, welding theory and math. Here is a PDF of the welding curriculum. This college also offers a Basic Welding Certificate and a Welding Diploma program.
Tri-County Technical College
P.O. Box 587
Pendleton, SC 29670
Phone: (864) 646-1405
This South Carolina Welding school offers an excellent welding program where you can earn your Associate’s Degree. The curriculum for this program covers all the common welding processes as well as metal cutting. They also offer two certificate programs; Industrial Welding and Operation of Manufacturing Robots.
Trident Technical College
P.O. Box 118067
Charleston, SC 29423-8067
Phone: (843) 574-6139
Trident Technical College offers a ton of welding certificate programs as well as an Associates Degree in Welding program. You can take the full program or a certificate program about any individual welding process such as Stick/Arc, TIG or MIG. They also cover welding ferrous metals as well as non-ferrous metals like Aluminum. Pipe and plate welding classes are also covered.