Row of individual welding booths with extraction hoods inside the Tarradco Academy training workshop

A branch of Tarradco for Trade & Marine Services

Certified welding qualification, backed by a real fabrication workshop — not just a classroom.

Tarradco Academy trains and qualifies welders inside a working fabrication operation. Every programme runs on production equipment, against real welding procedures, with instructors who work the same jobs your welders will.

SMAW · GTAW · FCAW
Core processes
Plate · Pipe · 6GR
Qualification routes
EGP & USD
Trainee rate structures
B2C & B2B
Individual and company

The Differentiator

The only centre pairing training with a live fabrication operation

Most training providers teach in isolation. Tarradco Academy operates alongside Tarradco's own heavy-steel fabrication workshop — trainees qualify on real production-grade equipment and procedures, not simulations. No other regional provider combines both under one roof.

  • Real WPS/PQR-backed procedures, not generic classroom setsPractice runs against genuine welding procedure specifications and qualified procedure records.
  • Instructors co-accredited with Inspecta Middle EastTrade and inspection-adjacent programmes are co-instructed, adding inspection-side expertise.
  • Direct path from qualification to workshop placementTrainees qualify inside an organisation that fabricates for real clients, on production equipment.
  • B2B custom test bookings for companies, not just individualsWalk-in trainees and corporate crews are handled separately, each with its own pricing path.
Trainee welding workshop bays with fabrication benches and welding machines at Tarradco Academy
Training bays sit alongside the fabrication workshop that supplies the procedures.

Part of the Tarradco Group

A training centre with an industrial parent behind it

Tarradco Academy is the technical qualification branch of Tarradco for Trade & Marine Services, a member of the Tarradco Group. The Group's fabrication and marine services business supplies the workshops, welding procedures, inspection culture and instructors that our courses are built on.

Tarradco Group
Parent industrial group across trade, marine services and fabrication.
Tarradco for Trade & Marine Services
The operating company the academy sits under as a dedicated branch.
Tarradco Academy
Welder qualification training, testing and technical qualification.
Shared standards
Group WPS/PQR-backed procedures and QA practice used in every course.

Course Catalog

Welding & Trade Qualification Tracks

Full catalog & pricing
  • SMAW

    SMAW — Plate & Pipe

    Shielded metal arc welding on plate and pipe, taught against live fabrication procedures rather than practice coupons alone.

    From EGP 3,500

    Course details
  • GTAW

    GTAW — incl. Stainless Steel Pipe

    Gas tungsten arc welding with a dedicated stainless steel pipe stream for process, marine and food-grade work.

    From EGP 4,200

    Course details
  • FCAW

    FCAW — Plate & Pipe

    Flux-cored arc welding as its own official designation — a full qualification stream, not a variant of another process.

    From EGP 3,800

    Course details
  • 6GR

    6GR Fast-Track

    Accelerated 6G Restricted variants across SMAW, GTAW and FCAW for welders who need the hardest position qualified quickly.

    Contact for pricing

    Course details
  • PIPE FITTER

    Pipe Fitter

    Full pipe fitting programme covering take-offs, fit-up, alignment and spool assembly to drawing.

    Co-instructed with Inspecta Middle East

    EGP 13,000

    Course details
  • TRADES

    Grinder / NDT Trades

    Support-trade programmes covering grinding and preparation work plus non-destructive testing trade routes.

    Co-instructed with Inspecta Middle East

    Contact for pricing

    Course details
Interior of the Tarradco Academy welding hall showing welding stations and safety screens

Test Service

Independent Welder Qualification Testing

Already have welders who only need testing? Book a qualification test on its own — individually as a walk-in trainee, or as a company batch with a custom quote covering volume, positions and scheduling.

Individuals (B2C)

Fixed-price qualification testing for individual welders, Egyptian and foreign trainee pricing available.

See individual pricing

Companies (B2B)

Custom quotes for batch testing, on-site or in-center, for contractors qualifying their own welding staff.

Request a company quote
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Accreditation

Instructor Qualification & Accrediting Bodies

  • Active

    TARRADCO

    Qualification programmes & instructor authority

  • Active

    Inspecta Middle East

    Co-instruction: Pipe Fitter, Grinder, NDT trades

  • Active

    TÜV Rheinland

    Cooperating certifying body

  • Active

    BUREAU VERITAS

    Cooperating certifying body

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