Cert in Welding and Fabrication Techniques at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada is a certificate in Trades programme. The programme runs for 42 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Trades
Duration: 42 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Overview Ignite a spark with a career in welding. The one-year Welding and Fabrication Techniques Ontario College Certificate program provides foundational skills for a career in the welding industry. Under the guidance of experienced faculty and through a combination of theory and shop work, you develop the skills required to work with modern industrial welding equipment, acquiring a solid foundation of principles for the field. Gain the ability to set up and safely operate equipment for various processes, read and interpret engineered drawings and welding specifications, take technical measurements using the shop tools, cut and form materials, and inspect work to verify quality. Upon completion of this program, you may seek exemption from the Level 1 and 2 Welder Apprenticeship training. In Algonquin College's Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE) facility, you use modern equipment while learning about advanced technology in the welding and fabrication field, including: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Shielded Metal arc Welding (SMAW) Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Flux-core Arc Welding (FCAW) Thermal Cutting You also have the option of challenging the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) structural qualifications in Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), and Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) throughout the program. Algonquin College facilitates these tests in conjunction with CWB, fees apply. You may find work in a variety of different sectors relating to welding, including: machine shops gas and oil structural welding fabrication manufacturing ship repair mining
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or Mature Student status for applicants 19 or older without a high school diploma, assessed through academic testing where required. Program Eligibility asks for Grade 12 English (ENG4C or equivalent) and Grade 12 Mathematics (MAP4C or equivalent), with no minimum percentage stated on the program page. Where qualified applicants exceed available places, Algonquin selects on English and mathematics proficiency. Applicants who are not native English speakers must meet the college's language-proficiency requirement: IELTS Academic overall band 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each band, TOEFL iBT overall 4 with a minimum of 4 in each component for tests taken from 21 January 2026, or Duolingo English Test overall 110 with a minimum of 110 in Literacy and no component below 95.
Application Details
Start Date:Intake terms Algonquin lists for this program, read from its own availability table on 6 September 2026: Fall 2026 (AC Day 1 orientation 8 September 2026; Fall term classes start 9 September 2026); Spring 2027 (most classes start 10 May 2027). Term start dates come from the Registrar's Important Dates page, which also gives 11 January 2027 for the Winter 2027 term and 10 May 2027 for the Spring 2027 term. Availability changes as seats fill and an intake already under way may be closed, so check the program page before applying. Algonquin's academic year runs September to August.
Application Deadline:DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents). Algonquin publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide Ontario colleges cycle and apply to every full-time day program. Applications go through ontariocolleges.ca, where 1 February is the equal consideration date each cycle: apply by then and your application is assessed alongside every other one received by that date, while applications arriving later are handled first-come, first-served for as long as places remain. For entry in Fall 2027 the ontariocolleges.ca application opened on 26 September 2026, colleges may begin issuing offers on 1 November 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. The equal consideration date that governed the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 and Spring 2027 intakes was 1 February 2026 and has already passed, so those three starts are now first-come, first-served while seats last. Algonquin flags this program as competitive, which makes the 1 February date matter: qualified applicants who applied by then are rank-ordered on their screening results and offers go down that list, and everyone after it is admitted only while space remains or is waitlisted by date of application.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS. Apply directly to Algonquin on the International Application Form in its International Application Portal (AC360) rather than through ontariocolleges.ca, with a CAD 135 application fee. There is no single fixed international deadline: Algonquin asks you to confirm the program is open before applying, warns that a program's status can change to waitlisted or closed before an admissions officer reviews the file, and publishes a closing-date sheet for each intake. For the Fall 2026 intake that sheet gives this program's own dates: 9 September 2026 is the last day to apply on the International Application Portal and receive an acceptance, and 14 September 2026 is the last day to register.
