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California Welding Institute LLC

California Welding Institute, operated with Advanced Weldtec, Inc. in Lake Elsinore, provides hands-on welder training, career-focused course bundles, certification courses, and professional-development preparation. Current offerings range from a one-day beginner workshop to eight-week process courses and multi-course pathways for structural, pipe, pipeline, aerospace, hygienic tube, light-gauge, motorsports, automotive, and dry underwater welding. Training covers MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, pipe, structural and fabrication work, while separate preparation courses address the AWS Certified Welding Inspector and L.A. City welder examinations.

Programs Offered

Intro to Welding

This one-day beginner workshop provides hands-on practice with Stick, MIG, and TIG welding, along with welding safety, machine setup, basic welds, and

  • Program cost: $399
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick
  • Program Length: 1 day
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

CWI Exam Preparation Course (PDH-CWI)

This 60-hour professional-development course prepares students for the American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector examination and

  • Program cost: $1,750
  • Processes: Performance
  • Program Length: 60 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

8-Week Welding Courses

California Welding Institute offers selectable eight-week welding modules covering process- and code-specific structural, pipe, pipeline, sheet-metal,

  • Program cost: $7,300
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 8 weeks
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 1: All Around Welder – Structural and Pressure Piping

This career bundle combines Stick and Flux-Core structural-steel plate welding, Stick pipe welding, and L.A. City written-exam preparation. Students

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural
  • Program Length: 394 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 2: Ironworker Welder

This structural and ironworker pathway combines Stick and Flux-Core plate welding, seismic moment-connection welding, fabrication, and L.A. City

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 394 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 3: Process Pressure Piping Welder

This process-piping pathway combines uphill Stick pipe welding, a TIG/Stick or TIG/Flux-Core combo course, and pipe layout and fabrication for

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 384 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 4: Pipeline Welder

This pipeline pathway combines basic and advanced downhill Stick pipeline welding with pipe layout and fabrication for oil, gas, water, and

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: Stick, Pipe, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 384 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 5: Aerospace Welder

This TIG-focused aerospace pathway progresses through AWS D9.1 sheet-metal welding and AWS D17.1 aerospace fusion welding on carbon steel, stainless

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: TIG, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 384 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 6: Food and Beverage Processing Industry Welder

This TIG pathway combines stainless-steel AWS D9.1 sheet-metal welding with AWS D18.1 stainless tube and pipe welding for hygienic applications in

  • Program cost: $13,900
  • Processes: TIG, Pipe, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 256 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 7: Light Gage Welder (Decking and Framing)

This light-gauge structural pathway covers MIG, self-shielded Flux-Core, and Stick welding on sheet steel for decking, framing, and light-gauge

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 384 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 8: Motorsports Welder

This motorsports pathway combines MIG and TIG sheet-metal welding with advanced automotive welding on chrome-moly tubing and aluminum. Students take

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 384 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 9: I-CAR Automotive Welder

This automotive pathway combines MIG and TIG sheet-metal welding with I-CAR automotive welding on carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum for

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 384 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

Bundle 10: Underwater Welder (Dry Welding)

This dry-welding pathway combines Stick underwater dry welding, Stick structural pipe/tubular welding, and advanced TIG pipe welding. It includes AWS

  • Program cost: $20,500
  • Processes: TIG, Stick, Pipe, Structural
  • Program Length: 384 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

L.A. City Welder Certification Written Exam Preparation (PDH-LAWC)

This one-day lecture course prepares welders for the L.A. City Certified Structural Welder written examination. Instruction covers general welding

  • Program cost: $1,110
  • Processes: Structural
  • Program Length: 10 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Offered at

California Welding Institute / Advanced Weldtec, Inc.Lake Elsinore, CA

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