I'd definately go for the longer course, the more experience you have the more employable you will be. FCAW is used on higher quality fabricationshi guys have a choice of coded pipe welding courses 1 19weeks and the other 33 weeks the longer one teaching flux core welding.i don't think its much use to me.whats it used for.
In reality though if you look at the running characteristics and mechanicals of something like 15.14 or Outershield, it beats all the cheaper wires. Not to mention approvals and consistency.Round these parts anything other than Nittetsu is a tough sell. Hence getting it on board, I got so sick of trying to convince firms to re-procedure on an alternative I decided if you can't beat them join em.