WELDING IS OUR PASSION

Our Team:
Lead Technical Expert/ Lead Welding Instructor: George Rolla, 47 years of welding experience. AWS Certified Welding Engineer by knowledge and experience, AWS Senior CWI, AWS Certified Welding Educator and AWS Certified Welder. AWS D17 Committee Member, AWS Los Angeles Section Vice Chair, Past Chair & Technical Expert

Operations Manager / Welding Instructor: Mariana Ludmer, 18 years of welding experience, AWS CWI, CWE, CW. Bachelor's in Economics from U.C Berkeley, M.S. in Engineering Management from National University, ASQ Process Analyst certifications, DIR certifications for business continuity. AWS Los Angeles Section Chair, AWS Certification Exam Bank Committee member, AWS D17 Committee Member.

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

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- California Welding Institute is recognized as a key contributor to the 2022 AWS Los Angeles/Inland Empire Section Welding Competition & Fair
- Lead Instructor George Rolla receives the 2021 AWS District 21 Private Instructor of the Year Award for his leadership in the Private Education Sector
- California Welding Institute receives the 2021 AWS Welding Workforce Grant - a National recognition to schools that make significant contributions to the welding industry by producing welding personnel

Pictured below: Lead Instructor George Rolla came in 8th place at the 2019 AWS Professional Welding Competition (over 100 competitors!)

PICTURED BELOW: MARIANA LUDMER IN THE SKILL STADIUM PODCAST WITH FOUNDER KEITH WILLIAMS - AIRED OCTOBER 11, 2022
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Univision's Primer Impacto show interviews Welding Instructor & Operations Manager Mariana Ludmer - AIRED MARCH 2021 TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL DAY

about welding

Welding...it's been around since the end of the Stone Age/start of the Iron Age ...since man discovered iron in rock...then discovered how to weld these metals together by putting the irons in the hot coals and forging them together with force.
Knives, swords, shields, armours, horseshoes, tools...all these items were forged.
Then came the industrial revolution...first acetylene welding, then the discovery of welding with electricity (arc welding) and a Scandinavian man named Esab invented covered welding electrodes (arc welding rod)...wow...so much history! And working with metals is unlike anything else!
 
Such an exciting career...it is so diversified; technology and skills that are used in so many industries.
Welders touch every aspect of our lives, from aerospace to building construction, to construction & maintenance of pipelines, conventional power plants, nuclear, geo-thermal, solar, wind power, process plants, to railroads, hiways & bridges, manufacturing & machinery, to building sand rails or race cars (hobbyists and professionals) to welding walkways, stairs, gates and fences to...you name it...the application of welding technology has no limit. Everything you touch has had a welder involved.

According to the American Welding Society, there is a continuing shortage of welders in the industry, many of them moving on to become foremen, managers, inspectors or educators, others reaching retirement age.
Read more about Careers in Welding here.
Read about Jobs in Welding here.
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Who we are

Advanced Weldtec, Inc, is a State of California and Department of Transportation Certified Small Disadvantaged Enterprise (DBE).  

California Welding Institute LLC is a subsidiary of Advanced Weldtec Inc., responsible for welding education programs. The school is approved by the CA Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education and the U.S Department of Veteran Affairs.

The Company President is a Senior CWI and AWS Certified Welding Engineer with over 47 years of experience in the welding industry. The staff is composed of SCWIs, CWIs, CWEs and Certified Welders.
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Welding is a passion. Our goal is to share our knowledge and expertise with our clients and students to help them succeed. We work hard to prepare the workforce of tomorrow.

Advanced Weldtec Inc seeks to provide customers with high quality service at reasonable rates, surpassing the highest standards in the industry.

As Welding Specialists with over 60 years of extensive & diverse experience and expertise in Aerospace, Construction, Petro-Chemical (Gas & Oil Pipelines and Refining Related Facilities), Chemical, Water & Power Industries among others, Advanced Weldtec Inc is known for being knowledgable and having a very effective system for training & certifying welders and welding inspectors.
 
We help businesses set up and maintain Quality Control Programs & Production Systems, always aiming to improve quality and productivity, with extensive expertise in troubleshooting manufacturing of welded products, metal fabrication & repair processes.
 
Over time, much valuable knowledge has been accumulated, enabling us to offer sound professional advise to businesses, as well as creating comprehensive and "to the point" methods for Welder & CWI Training and Certification Programs. We offer individual or group instruction, as well as on site personnel training at our client's facility or location. 

Our company is an American Welding Society (AWS) Educational Institution Member and an L.A City Approved Testing Agency. Our occupational training program is geared towards those who need to get certified. We offer welding certification courses and welding inspection courses.
 
In our welding shop, we build products from most commonly used materials (carbon & high strength low alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminum, & cast alloys). Our specialties involve pipe welding & fabrication, fabrication of components for different industries, structural & custom fabrication  and  machinery maintenance, modifications , retrofitting & repairs.
 
Much of our strength lies in the ability for producing consistent quality work as well as for troubleshooting / problem-solving system failures, reworking poorly engineered or flawed designs on machinery and equipment, etc.

Our Commitment & Mission

• Develop highly skilled welding personnel to bridge the workforce gap
• Transform the image of welding and the industry
• Improve processes to achieve improved productivity and meet the highest industry standards worldwide
• Promote integrity and ethical practices

Community Involvement

Since 2005, our staff has been involved as leaders of the local American Welding Society (AWS) Section helping promote careers in welding and making a difference in people's lives and the industry as a whole.
We participate as section Officers of the Los Angeles/Inland Empire Section, composed of nearly 1,300 AWS members - the third largest AWS Section nationwide.
Our Section hosts meetings on a regular basis, including lectures and plant tours, with the goal of further educating and developing the industry's workforce in a rapidly changing environment. 

Our staff is also involved with the AWS D17 Aerospace Committee, volunteering time to improve the welding codebook and raising the bar for the aerospace industry.

Aside from our involvement with AWS, we also partnered up with local high schools to promote welding as a career. We participate in career fairs, give presentations to students and parents, educate school counselors about careers in welding, and also offer professinal development for welding instructors.

Our Biggest Success Story

These past few years, we have been working with the welding instructor at the Temescal Canyon High School to provide his students with a welding certification program. Thanks to our joint effort, these high school students are graduating as Certified Welders, enabling them to work in welding shops right after high school and start earning money.

Our Staff's Certifications

- AWS CERTIFIED WELDING ENGINEER (CWEng) 

​- AWS Senior Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) 
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- AWS Senior Certified Welding Educator ( CWE)

- AWS Certified Instructor

- ICC Structural Steel & Bolting Special Inspector

- AWS D1.1 Structural Steel Welding Certification SMAW & FCAW

- API 1104 Pipeline Welding Certification for gas & oil pipelines.

- ANSI/ASME Section IX Pipe Welding Certification

- City of Los Angeles Structural Welder Certification ( Manual and Semi Automatic Processes)

- MSHA (Mine, Safety and Health Administration) Certified

- Algonquin College Welding and Fabrication Certificate

Our Company's Certifications

- State of California and Department of Transportation (DOT) Certified Small Disadvantaged Enterprise (DBE)

- Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADS) Approved Testing Agency
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​- American Welding Society Educational Institution Member

- State of California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education Approved

- Approved by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

- AWS Accredited Testing Facility (ATF)

​- AWS Educational Institution Member