
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.

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
- 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 EastEGP 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 EastContact for pricing
Course details

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 pricingCompanies (B2B)
Custom quotes for batch testing, on-site or in-center, for contractors qualifying their own welding staff.
Request a company quoteAccreditation
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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