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Gulf Coast Welding Careers and What It Takes to Get Started at TWS

Oil refineries, petrochemical plants, shipyards, and pipeline contractors stretch from Houston across the Texas coast and into Louisiana, and all of them run on skilled welders. The American Welding Society (AWS) projects around 80,000 welding job openings nationally per year through 2029, with […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Ti’era Ervin

Ti’era, 33, was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. She completed the seven-month Electrical Applications program at Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville in March 2026. […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Ray Alamo

Ray, 44, was born in the Philippines and came to the United States in 1986 when he was six years old. He grew up in […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Megan Conaway

Megan, 18, was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. Megan completed the seven-month Professional Welder program at our Tulsa Welding School campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Marcus Malone

Marcus, 34, born Layton, Utah, and raised in Southlake, Texas, completed the seven-month Electrical Technologies (ET) program at our Tulsa Welding School – Dallas Metro […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Daniel Cooper

Daniel, 19, was born and raised in Moultrie, Georgia. Daniel completed the seven-month Professional Welder program at our Tulsa Welding School – Jacksonville campus in […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Dan Holtry

Dan, 54, was born in Longview, Texas, but moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, as a young child. Dan completed the seven-month Professional Welder program at our […]

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