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Is a welding career is right for you?
Explore this page to find out if welding is the right career for you to pursue.
Also visit the Career Advice Page
or call 951-536-3809 to make an appointment with a Career Counselor.

MANUFACTURING WELDING CAREER PROGRAMS

Perfect fit for:
- those who prefer a daily routine
- work indoors
- are detail-oriented
- are creative
- have a delicate touch with agile hands

CAREER BUNDLE 5
AEROSPACE WELDER

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Achieve a professional skill level, high precision, TIG welding for aerospace applications. 
Career outlook:
 Work for an aerospace manufacturing company or supplier, fabricating aircraft, spacecraft or rocket parts.

CAREER BUNDLE 7
​MOTORSPORTS WELDER

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Become a multi-skilled welder for welding on off-road vehicles.
Career outlook: Work at a fabrication shop, specializing in race car fabrication,  roll cages, sand rails or other off-road vehicle fabrication and repairs.

CAREER BUNDLE 8
​AUTOMOTIVE WELDER

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Become a multi-skilled welder in the automotive industry.
Career outlook: Work at a body shop, a car restoration shop or automative manufacturing plant or shop.

INDUSTRIAL WELDING CAREER PROGRAMS

A perfect fit for:
​- the financially ambitious
- the physically active
- outdoor enthusiasts
- travel enthusiasts
​- those who like challenges
​- those who like job diversity (every project is different)
- those who like to be independent
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Each of these programs is designed to take you a professional/journeyman skill level, obtaining multiple professional welding certifications needed to work in those industries.

CAREER BUNDLE 1
​ ALL AROUND WELDER
​STRUCTURAL AND PIPE

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Become a multi-skilled welder for an industrial welding career.
​Career outlook: Work union or non-union, in the construction trades, shipyards, industrial fabrication shops, heavy equipment repair, public utilities, equipment maintenance, etc.

CAREER BUNDLE 4
PIPELINE WELDING
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Attain Journeyman skill level in just 6 months.
​Career outlook: Cross country pipelining. Work for the Gas Company, or get a welding rig and weld on petroleum pipelines.
Travel around the country, including North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Texas. Overseas such as Canada.

CAREER BUNDLE 2 IRONWORKER WELDER

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Attain Journeyman skill level in just 6 months.
Career outlook: Join the ironworkers union, the shopmen's union, or work nonunion for a structural steel fabricator or erector. Work at construction sites, cell phone towers, bridges, and other types of steel structures

CAREER BUNDLE 6
SANITARY APPLICATIONS
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Become a professional welder for hygienic applications.
Career Outlook: Work on food and beverage processing plants repairing or fabricating piping systems, or work in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
CAREER BUNDLE 10
UNDERTAWER WELDING (DRY WELDING)
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Become a multi-skilled welder for an industrial welding career underwater.
Career outlook: Work repairing offshore rigs, ship and dock repairs,
dams, underwater pipelines and sewer lines.

CAREER BUNDLE 3
​PROCESS PRESSURE PIPING

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Attain Journeyman skill level in just 6 months. Learn to weld and fabricate piping systems.
Career outlook: Fabricate/Weld on boilers, pressure vessels, oil refineries, and any other type of piping system. Work union (such as the boilermakers union) or non-union, shop or field.

CAREER BUNDLE 7
LIGHT GAUGE STRUCTURAL
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Become a multi-skilled welder for welding on light gauge structures.
Career outlook: Work on decking, framing, and other light gauge structures such as handrails and fencing. Work union (such as ironworkers or sheet metal workers) or non-union. 

FORMER WELDING STUDENTS

SEE WHAT OUR MOST RECENT GRADUATES ARE WORKING ON

Conner - Pipe Welder

Conner successfully completed Bundle 4 Pipeline welder and advanced pipe welding courses. He purchased a welding truck and is now working as a Rig Welder on different projects, making prevailing wages + rig income!

Nathan - Structural Welder

Nathan successfully completed Bundle 2 Ironworker Welding Career and works as an ironworker welder at a fabrication shop.

Ben - Structural Welder

Ben successfully completed W101 SMAW course. He works as a structural welder doing various projects.

 Manny -Ironworker

Manny successfully completed W101 and W102 and joined the Ironworkers Union as a welder.

Daniel - Ironworker

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Daniel completed the 6 month Bundle 2 Ironworker Welding Career program and got hired at United Rentals Trench Safety at approximately $26/hr. A few months after, he was promoted to District Welder and provided with a welding rig!

Alexandra - Welder Fabricator

Alexandra successfully completed Bundle 5 Aerospace Welder. She works as a welder fabricator, utilizing her highly advanced TIG welding skills to make custom work, mostly Aluminum. 

Ajia - Production Welder

Ajia successfully completed Bundle 8 Motorsports Welder. She has field experience, welding on casing pipe, and works as a production welder, welding primarily on exhaust systems.

Johnathan - Welder fabricator

Johnathan successfully completed Bundle 5 Aerospace Welder and is utilizing his highly advanced TIG welding skills to make custom work.

Sal-Welder Fabricator

Sal completed Bundle 5- Aerospace Welding Career and is working as a welder fabricator.

Ian - Production Welder

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Ian successfully completed Bundle 8 Motorsports Welder. Ian is utilizing his MIG welding skills on sheet metal, working as a production welder for a local manufacturing company, fabricating chutes.

Kira - Structural Welder

Kira successfully completed Bundle 1 All Around Welder and works at a structural steel welding shop, welding and fabricating structures.

ADAM - EQUIPMENT REPAIR

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Adam successfully completed Bundle 1 - All Around Welder; while still in training he was hired at United Rentals as a welder. He continues to work there full time now. Base salary approx $25/hr.

RYAN-STRUCTURAL WELDER

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Ryan successfully completed Bundle 1 - All Around welder. He worked as a maintenance welder for a rock plant at approx $20/hr and soon after got hired as a structural welder for a prevailing wage job (approx $75/hr)
Don't want to spend 2- 4 years in college and $20,000-$40,000 or more in a college degree? 

You don't need a college degree to be a welder and you won't need to invest that much either. 

If you like working with your hands, like to build things, like to know how things are made and how they work, then welding can be the right career for you.

Careers in welding are exciting. You can work in a wide variety of industries, explore the states and other countries, work outdoors or indoors and even underwater.
Moneywise, a welding career is very rewarding. On average, professional rig welders make around $95/hour. You also have options to join different unions, and the pay can be just as rewarding.

To build a solid foundation for a fruitful career in welding, you will need to invest time and money - you can't take shortcuts. You have to be committed and dedicated. Our fast-track welding program is specifically designed for those who are serious about welding and don't want to spend 2 or more years at a community college learning just the basics. When you sign up for our program, you will walk out of our school within 2-6 months, with the most-sought after welding certifications in hand - ready to work and earn money. On average, students earning one or two certifications start with a $20/hr salary with full benefits. The more experience and certifications you have, the more skilled and valuable you are, and the higher the pay rate.


Our welding trade school program is designed to teach you how to weld in a short period of time and get you certified, so you can get to work and start earning money right away. We often help our students find jobs, as companies contact us quite often looking for welders. We will also teach you how to look for work, as this is an essential skill to have in the welding industry.

The options listed below will help you decide what type of welding career to pursue, the training needed, and the investment you need to make.
Trade Unions:
Want to join a local union? We offer welding courses to get you on the right track.

If you plan to join the Iron Workers Union, Longshore Union, the Union of Operating Engineers, Elevator Constructor Union, Piledrivers Union,  enroll in the Ironworker welding career package. What you will learn in this course is applicable to work performed by all these unions.

If you plan to join the Boilermaker Union and the Plumbers and Steamfitters union , enroll in the Pipe Welder career package.

See career builder packages below. For more information and a full list of courses, visit our welding courses page!


Welding  Career  OPTIONS

1) All around welder - Structural and Pressure Piping welding career. Foundation for a more versatile welding career, including work on structures, water pipelines, oil/natural gas pipelines, process piping systems, pressure vessels, heavy equipment repair, offshore platforms, general heavy duty fabrication, plant maintenance, casing, etc.

2)  Ironworker welding career - work on structural welding, including welding on moment connections,  and building fabrication.

3) Process Pressure Piping Welder career - work at oil refineries, power plants, steam piping, utility piping in buildings. 

4) Pipeline welding career - work on natural gas and petroleum pipelines, cross country pipelines.

5)  Aerospace welder career - work in the aerospace industry, including aircraft parts, spacecraft and tooling systems.

6) Welding career in food and beverage processing industry - work on water filtration plants/ systems, industrial kitchens, breweries, wineries, etc.

7)  Career in light gage structural, for framing and decking - work on  decking, framing, stairs, handrails, duct work, light gage manufacturing, etc.

8)  Motorsport welding career - work in the race car industry, welding on roll cages, car frames, 

9) Automotive Welding career (I-CAR). This course is recommended for those who want to work in automotive/body shop.

10) Underwater welding career. This course is recommended for those who want to weld on structures underwater.

Click here to enroll in the welder career builder training bundle of your choice.

Welding Courses

Below are other options for welder training:

  Learn SMAW (Stick) & FCAW-S (Self Shielded Flux Core Arc Welding):
 - Get AWS D1.1 Certified on Structural Steel Plate. This is the most basic and widely accepted of all Welder Certifications. Become an Ironworker (structural steel welder). Get "high", work for a contractor or structural steel erector. Help our buildings withstand earthquakes!
Both SMAW & FCAW certifications are a "Must Have" !

- Get City of Los Angeles Welder Certification both in "Manual" & "Semi-Automatic" If you live and work in Southern California...these certifications are also a "Must Have" !

 - Get ASME Section IX / AWS B2.1 Certification. Become a professional pipe welder, boilermaker, work in oil refineries, chemical plants, power plants...be qualified to weld on process & power piping.
NOTHING in the world beats being a certified pipe welder !!!

 - Get API 1104 Certified and become qualified to weld on petroleum product pipelines, cross country pipelines, and natural gas transmission or distribution lines.
On cross-country pipelines, the scenery will change every time you lift your welding helmet and move forward to the next weld joint !!!

 - Get AWS D14.3 Certified and become qualified to weld the manufacturing and repairs of construction and agricultural machinery (heavy equipment & farming).
In this field, you will be a busy person...guaranteed !  

 Learn GMAW (MIG) or FCAW-G (Flux Core Gas Shielded):
- Get AWS D1.1 certified. Work for structural steel Fabricators ! Shop welding is for those with family, that want to work close to home. Great work !

Learn GTAW (Tig):
- Get AWS D17.1 Certified! Become an Aerospace Tig welder or get the AWS 18.1 Pipe and Tubing Certification to weld on austenitic stainless steel tubing for hygenic applications (farmaceutical and food industries).Working these industries is a "Class Act".

- Want to learn Underwater Welding? It all starts getting certified on land and becoming a certified commercial diver, then progressing to "wet" SMAW welding inside a tank .

AND SO MUCH MORE !!! Contact us for more information or Click here to view a full list of courses.

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  • INTRO TO WELDING
  • WELDING EDUCATION
    • Welder Training
    • CWI Exam Training
    • Professional Development Courses >
      • Codes Workshops
      • Special Inspector Training
      • Developing WPS/PQR
    • Financing
    • LIVE & Recorded Sessions
    • Consumer Resources
  • Welder Certification
    • L.A City Welder Certification
  • Services for Industry
    • Consulting & Inspection
    • WPS/PQR Preparation
    • Approved Fabricator / Quality Control
    • Weld Testing Lab Services
    • Employee Training & Certs
    • Welding and Fabrication
    • Welding for Hobbyist
    • Jobs & Networking
  • About Welding Careers
    • Career Advice
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