Graduate Connections

Amanda, age 19, from Connecticut, graduated from the Welding Specialist with Pipefitting program at Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston in late April 2017. Amanda took a month’s summer vacation after graduating high school before starting the program in July 2016. What made you choose a career in welding, Amanda? I knew that […]

Blake, age 28, from Wichita, KS, graduated from the Professional Welder program at Tulsa Welding School in August 2017. After high school Blake went to college on a baseball scholarship, earning a bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science. His plan was to go to law school, but after completing college, he realized he didn’t […]

Michael, 36, is from Los Angeles, but has called Florida home for 20 years. Michael graduated from the Refrigeration Technologies (HVAC/R Training) program at the Tulsa Welding School, Jacksonville campus, in April 2016. Before HVAC/R, Michael earned a culinary Bachelor’s degree. He worked as a private chef before cooking his way through the University of […]

Mark, 38, from Charleston, SC, now lives in Brandon, SD. Mark graduated from the seven month Welding Specialist program at Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston, TX, in February 2017. Mark had zero prior welding experience before he enrolled in the program in the summer of 2016. Thanks for sharing your story, Mark. […]

Will, 48, is from Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He’d never picked up a welding torch before enrolling in the seven month Professional Welder program at Tulsa Welding School. Will graduated in June 2014. Thanks for your time, Will; tell us how you came to welding in your mid 40s? Well, let’s just call it a career change. […]

Archie, aged 28, now calls Orange Park, FL, home. He moved from the Philippines to the U.S. about six months before he enrolled in the Professional Welder program at Tulsa Welding School, Jacksonville campus in early 2014. He graduated in September of that year. Thanks for your time, Archie. You’re from the Philippines; how long […]

Marianela, 27, was born in Tampa, FL, raised in Pennsylvania, and has called Broken Arrow, OK, home for the past 10 years. After a variety of bad decisions and dead-end jobs, a friend introduced Marianela to the potential of a welding career in June 2015. The following week she enrolled. Just seven months later in […]