TWS Student and Alumni Reviews

Easy and quick program . Learn everything I needed to know in only 7 months.

I attended TWS of Jacksonville,FL because I needed a career and skilled trade that was going to be needed for a very long time to come. TWS gave me the skills needed to land me a very good job for a respectable employer to get me started. I worked for Ingalls Shipbuilding constructing new Navy boats.. Now I have transfered my skills to work on nuclear powered submarines for the U.S. Navy. It all started with TWS and it’s highly skilled and knowledgeable welders. Thank you.

Only had an issue with one teacher that was new and didn’t know how to talk to people. Other than that all the other instructors were great.

I went in to the school focused on learning everything I could about the processes of welding, the instructors saw that I was driven and were eager to help!

The program was fast, almost to fast. It flew by. Good school if you stay in the booth and behind the hood. The instructors give you the chance to lean it’s up to you to make it happen. I’m currently on my 3rd job and the employers seem to be thrilled with the skill I have learned here at TWS

Overall great school. The instructors are always willing to help. I knew nothing about welding going in and felt I could get a job when I left. You get out what you put in so I was a little worried about the students that didn’t give their all and still graduated making the rest of us look bad.

I absolutely loved my time at TWS. I got to get dirty and learned a new trade, Heck I even made a working guitar with my own two hands! Mike, Tom, and Jimmy were some outstanding instructors, I came into TWS not even knowing what a torch was, and came out with a self made WORKING guitar!

However, my thirst has not been quenched, I’ve completed the Shipfitting program and I’m coming back for more, Professional Welding, you’re next!

The program was fast pace and needed much effort put forward, though there was so much work time as opposed to class time that I got to work with my hands, since I really do enjoy working with my hands. It’s taught me so much and I can’t wait to use it for a job.

Hi My name is Clayton Hardesty. I’m a graduate of Tulsa Welding School. I graduated in March of 2011 at the Tulsa Oklahoma Campus. As soon as I graduated, I was able to come right in to the Pipefitters Union Local 562 St. Louis Mo. I’ve been working in coal burning power plants and nuclear power plants making hot welds on big steam Pipes. I’ve also been on a few chiller and boiler change out jobs and I’ve gotten to travel a bunch since I started with them! This year will be my last year of a five year apprenticeship that I’ve been serving with them. I have to say that I love what I do for a living. If it wasn’t for TWS and the instructors that I learned from while I was there i would have never passed the weld tests to get into the Union and on to jobs where I have to pass a gate tests to be able to weld on the construction jobs that I go on. While I was at TWS, I was in the afternoon class. I would come in extra early each day and stay late so that I would get a grasp on what I was learning at the time. There where some days that were harder than others for me with the welding and there were some days that it just came natural. Those long hard days that I spent in the booth paid off in the end I’m very happy where I’m at today. TWS taught me that Hard work and dedication does pay off! I still have a long ways to go and I’m still learning everyday. I had a instructor tell me at TWS that the day you quit learning is the day that you quit doing anything and I have to say that stands to be true. Thank you for all that you have taught me TWS and thank you to all the instructor that taught me along the way!!!

Clayton Hardesty
Cape Girardeau Missouri
TWS Graduate March 2011

I came to tulsa to make a better life for myself i just bought a truck, boat, and house and the same week so i guess it worked out! What you think?😎

This school changed my life! It changed me from a person that really didn’t know where or what I was gonna do in life and gave me work ethic and a skilled trade that Has me traveling the country making a good living and living life.

TWS gave me all the knowledge and experience I needed to compete in the welding market place. I expanded my knowledge of welding x100 and feel confident about employment as a welding specialist. The instructors are brilliant and pushed my talents far beyond what I thought possible. The staff was professional and eager to help with tuition, financial aid and job placement.