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Careers of America

School type: Private Trade School

Careers of America is a private career school at the Port of Brownsville offering clock-hour programs in welding, pipefitting, structural fitting, and maritime pipe fabrication. Current program pages emphasize hands-on preparation for refineries, plants, fabrication shops, shipyards, and maritime settings through safety, tools, cutting, drawings, trade mathematics, material preparation, weld quality, and process-specific welding or fitting practice. The school also publishes three 150-hour welding seminars in pipe, structural, and Flux-Core welding.

School-wide Programs

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Descriptions, credentials, costs, and schedules are school-level program listings. Confirm current campus schedules, costs, and included fees with the school. Duration is shown in its listed units; credits and training hours are not calendar completion times.

Combination Pipefitter-Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $19,100
  • Processes: Pipe, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 955 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 955-hour maritime-oriented program combines pipefitting and welding preparation for refineries, plants, shipyards, and related settings. Students… Read full description for Combination Pipefitter-Welder

This 955-hour maritime-oriented program combines pipefitting and welding preparation for refineries, plants, shipyards, and related settings. Students study piping-system fabrication and installation, pipefitting mathematics, hand and power tools, oxy-fuel cutting, ladders and scaffolds, job safety, and multiple welding processes.

Combination Structural Fitter-Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $18,350
  • Processes: Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 917.5 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 917.5-hour combination program develops structural fitting and welding skills for fabrication shops, shipyards, vessels, and related industry.… Read full description for Combination Structural Fitter-Welder

This 917.5-hour combination program develops structural fitting and welding skills for fabrication shops, shipyards, vessels, and related industry. Training includes safety, tools, oxy-fuel and plasma cutting, base-metal preparation, structural drawings and welding symbols, fitting fabricated components, multiple welding approaches, and weld-quality fundamentals.

Intermediate Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $11,850
  • Processes: Pipe
  • Program Length: 592.5 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 592.5-hour program prepares students for welding work in manufacturing and maritime-related settings, emphasizing advanced pipe welding with an… Read full description for Intermediate Welder

This 592.5-hour program prepares students for welding work in manufacturing and maritime-related settings, emphasizing advanced pipe welding with an inert-gas process. Students train in safety, tools, oxy-fuel and plasma cutting, base-metal preparation, weld quality, multiple welding processes, and interpretation of welding detail drawings.

Advanced Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $25,300
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Pipe
  • Program Length: 1265 hours
  • AWS Prep: Available

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 1,265-hour program builds advanced pipe-welding skills for manufacturing, refineries, plants, shipyards, and maritime work. Training includes TIG… Read full description for Advanced Welder

This 1,265-hour program builds advanced pipe-welding skills for manufacturing, refineries, plants, shipyards, and maritime work. Training includes TIG and MIG on aluminum pipe and plate, safety, hand and power tools, oxy-fuel and plasma cutting, base-metal preparation, and evaluation of weld quality.

Intermediate Maritime Structural Pipe Fitter

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $6,100
  • Processes: Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 305 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 305-hour maritime pipefitting program prepares students for work around refineries, plants, and shipyards. It introduces piping-system… Read full description for Intermediate Maritime Structural Pipe Fitter

This 305-hour maritime pipefitting program prepares students for work around refineries, plants, and shipyards. It introduces piping-system fabrication and installation, pipefitting trade mathematics, hand and power tools, oxy-fuel cutting, work-at-height safety, and the materials and practices used in maritime piping.

Advanced Maritime Structural Pipe Fitter

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $14,200
  • Processes: Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 710 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 710-hour advanced maritime structural pipefitting program focuses on how piping systems are fabricated and installed in refineries, plants, and… Read full description for Advanced Maritime Structural Pipe Fitter

This 710-hour advanced maritime structural pipefitting program focuses on how piping systems are fabricated and installed in refineries, plants, and shipyards. Students study piping-system types and materials, butt/socket-welded and threaded fittings, pipe measurements, preparation for brazing, plastic and fiberglass piping, valves, flanges, gaskets, and maritime drawings.

Intermediate Pipefitting

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $6,450
  • Processes: Pipe, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 322.5 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 322.5-hour program develops pipefitting skills for refineries, gas plants, fabrication shops, and shipyards. Instruction covers pipe and… Read full description for Intermediate Pipefitting

This 322.5-hour program develops pipefitting skills for refineries, gas plants, fabrication shops, and shipyards. Instruction covers pipe and construction drawings, trade mathematics, valves, threaded, socket-weld, and butt-weld pipe fabrication, tools, safety, and pipe welding with an inert-gas process.

Advanced Pipefitting

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $13,300
  • Processes: Pipe, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 665 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

Schedule: classroom; contact school for current times

This 665-hour advanced pipefitting program covers drawings and detail sheets, trade mathematics, threaded, socket-weld, and butt-weld fabrication,… Read full description for Advanced Pipefitting

This 665-hour advanced pipefitting program covers drawings and detail sheets, trade mathematics, threaded, socket-weld, and butt-weld fabrication, valves, tools, safety, and inert-gas pipe welding. Advanced topics include pipe fabrication, blueprint reading, equipment operation, stress relief and system alignment, hot taps, and crew-leadership fundamentals.

Pipe Welding Seminar

  • Credential: Seminar
  • Program cost: $5,000
  • Processes: TIG, Stick, Pipe
  • Program Length: 150 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

A 150-hour specialty seminar in advanced pipe welding for maritime, refinery, fabrication, and shipyard settings. Students practice Stick open-root… Read full description for Pipe Welding Seminar

A 150-hour specialty seminar in advanced pipe welding for maritime, refinery, fabrication, and shipyard settings. Students practice Stick open-root pipe welds and TIG on carbon steel, low-alloy steel, stainless steel, and aluminum pipe, along with safety and weld-process competencies.

Structural Welding Seminar

  • Credential: Seminar
  • Program cost: $5,000
  • Processes: MIG, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 150 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

A 150-hour specialty seminar for structural and fabrication welding work. The curriculum covers welding symbols, detail drawings, Flux-Core and MIG… Read full description for Structural Welding Seminar

A 150-hour specialty seminar for structural and fabrication welding work. The curriculum covers welding symbols, detail drawings, Flux-Core and MIG welding on plate, base-metal preparation, safety, and evaluation of weld quality for fabrication-shop, shipyard, and vessel settings.

Welding Seminar

  • Credential: Seminar
  • Program cost: $5,000
  • Processes: Flux-Core, Pipe
  • Program Length: 150 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

Price basis, residency, included fees, source and verification date are not recorded.

A 150-hour specialty seminar focused on Flux-Core welding for precision manufacturing, pipe welding, refineries, shipyards, and fabrication work.… Read full description for Welding Seminar

A 150-hour specialty seminar focused on Flux-Core welding for precision manufacturing, pipe welding, refineries, shipyards, and fabrication work. Students learn safety, base-metal preparation, Flux-Core equipment setup, weld-quality fundamentals, and welding on plate and pipe.

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