TWS Community

Marie, from New Orleans, LA, is a welding instructor at the Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston. Marie joined the TWSTC faculty three years ago. Houston has been home to her for about seven years. Thanks for your time, Marie. How long have you been welding? About 16 years. I’ll be honest with […]

Eli, 22, from northeast Oklahoma, is a welding instructor at Tulsa Welding School. Eli has been with the school for a year and a half. Eli has been welding since he was 15, and he got his first welding job while in high school. Eli teaches Phase Two (Stick) and Phase Six (TIG and Stick) […]

Shiloh, 27, from Pennsylvania, graduated from the Welding Specialist program at Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston in December 2019. Thanks for sharing your story, Shiloh. What did you do after high school? I graduated high school in 2012 and moved down to California, and then on to Texas. I’m from a really […]

Justin, 31, born and raised in Clearwater, Florida, graduated from the Welding Specialist program at Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston in February 2020. Thanks for sharing your story, Justin. Had you done any welding in high school? Nothing. I didn’t even finish high school. I dropped out as a freshman at 17. […]

Courtney, 22, from Lawrenceville, GA, graduated from the Professional Welder program at Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville in early 2017. Courtney is now a high school welding teacher. Thanks for your time, Courtney. Did you go to Tulsa Welding School straight out of high school? Yes, I went to welding school after high school graduation […]

To give you insight into the different companies that recruit TWS graduates, we spoke with Mark Joseph, Talent Acquisition (TA) Program Manager with TDIndustries at their headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Thanks for your time Mark; before we start, please tell us a little about you. I have been with TDIndustries (TD) just over a year, […]

Dionete, 24, was born in Georgia but has lived in Jacksonville the past 10 years. Dionete graduated from the Refrigeration Technologies (RT) program at Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville in November 2019. Thank you for sharing your story, Dionete. What did you after high school? I went to college immediately out of high school. I […]