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The study investigated the appropriate specific tasks in gas tungsten arc welding and gas metal arc welding for inclusion in the instructional package for technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State. The objective of the study is to determine appropriate specific tasks in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) and Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) for inclusion in the instructional package for Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. Two specific objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The research design was Research and Development design (R&D), population of the study consisted of 145 respondents from the nine Government Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State, National Business and Technical Education Board and Mechanical Engineering or relevant field. Using the Krejcie and Morgan sample size determination of 1970, the sample size of this study comprised of 128 respondents out of the 145 respondents from the nine Government Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State, National Business and Technical Education Board and Mechanical Engineering or relevant field. The researcher developed an instrument titled: called “Argon Welding Instructional Package Checklist” (AWIPC). To analyze the data, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were tested with analysis of variance (ANOVA) in conjunction with the content validity ratio at 0.05 probability level. The study concluded that that all the specific tasks in the identified areas of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) and Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) are highly appropriate for inclusion in Instructional Package for Teaching Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) and Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. The study therefore recommended that Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State should adopt the developed and validated instructional package for the teaching of c in Technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State.