Fusion Welding Institute

Fusion Welding Institute delivers intensive industrial welding training at its Ocala shop. Its two current programs emphasize repeated booth practice supported by self-paced online theory. The Combo Pipe Welder program covers TIG, Stick, flux-cored, and MIG welding for industrial pipe and tube work, while the Structural Welder program focuses on Stick, flux-cored, and MIG plate welding. Students train with cutting, gouging, grinding, and real materials, and the curriculum is aligned with heavy-industrial work such as power generation, refineries, manufacturing, shipbuilding, and industrial construction.

Programs Offered

Combo Pipe Welder

Credential: Diploma
Program cost: $21,500
Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural
Program Length: 705 hours
AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Flexible self-paced attendance; shop open 8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. weekdays; typically 30 weeks, with online theory

A 705-hour industrial pipe and tube welding program comprising 600 hours of hands-on booth training and 105 hours of welding theory. Students practice… Read full description

A 705-hour industrial pipe and tube welding program comprising 600 hours of hands-on booth training and 105 hours of welding theory. Students practice TIG, Stick, flux-cored, and MIG welding along with carbon-arc gouging, oxyacetylene cutting, and cutting and grinding with pneumatic and electric tools. The program is intended for industrial pipe-welding careers and prepares students for listed all-position, unlimited-thickness SMAW, GTAW, and FCAW performance qualifications on pipe or plate.

Offered at

Main Campus — Ocala, FL

Structural Welder

Credential: Diploma
Program cost: $15,250
Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural
Program Length: 500 hours
AWS Prep: Not listed

Schedule: Flexible self-paced attendance; shop open 8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. weekdays, with online theory

A 500-hour heavy-industrial structural welding program comprising 425 hours of hands-on booth training and 75 hours of welding theory. Students… Read full description

A 500-hour heavy-industrial structural welding program comprising 425 hours of hands-on booth training and 75 hours of welding theory. Students practice Stick, flux-cored, and MIG welding on plate and receive training in oxyacetylene cutting and cutting and grinding with pneumatic and electric tools. The program prepares students for listed all-position, unlimited-thickness SMAW, FCAW, and GMAW performance qualifications on plate with backing.

Offered at

Main Campus — Ocala, FL

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