DrmChld
"I am looking for a school that offers fulltime courses that can guide me into certification without having to study for a year."
Anything worth persuing is worth the effort to go for it all the way and strive to excell! Last night, I tested 2 welders that I'll refer to as 90 day wonders. They attended some 3 month training program and I'm here to tell ya, those coupons were uglier than Rosie O'Donnell in a Thong Bikini. I was bored and had nothing better to do than let them "practice"...OK, struggle...If by some miracle, they do pass X-ray, the foreman is maybe going to let them weld some non critical, miscellaneous, temporary stuff. And NO, they aint gonna make top money just because the test passed. Foreman don't want to deal with rework and I don't wish to write up all the reject reports.
Seems so many people these days think they can master a skill in "X" # of days. This just does not happen in the real world. It takes years! 90 days (refering to my testers yesterday) is barely long enough to learn how to not maim oneself with an end and angle grinder.
Please understand, I'm not trying to discourage you, but just approach this endeavour realistically.