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Prime Welding Academy

School type: Private Trade School

Prime Welding Academy provides hands-on welding and fitting training at its Houston campus. Its career programs cover structural plate welding, combination pipe welding, pipeline welding and structural fitting, while focused seminars address pipe, TIG and submerged-arc applications. Official curricula document MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core and submerged-arc welding on plate and pipe, along with structural and fabrication skills. The school publishes both daytime and evening training sessions and offers in-house financing.

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.

1st Class Structural Plate Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $8,500
  • Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural
  • Program Length: 320 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: 16 weeks; two training sessions available

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week structural welding program covering classroom fundamentals and extensive lab practice. Students train in SMAW, GMAW and FCAW… Read full description for 1st Class Structural Plate Welder

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week structural welding program covering classroom fundamentals and extensive lab practice. Students train in SMAW, GMAW and FCAW on plate, fillet welds, pipe and box tubing in multiple positions for structural fabrication work.

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Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Combination Welder Petrochemical Plants & Fab Shops

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $10,500
  • Processes: TIG, Stick, Pipe
  • Program Length: 420 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: 21 weeks; two training sessions available

A 420-clock-hour, 21-week combination-welding program for petrochemical plant and fabrication-shop work. Students develop Stick and TIG pipe-welding… Read full description for Combination Welder Petrochemical Plants & Fab Shops

A 420-clock-hour, 21-week combination-welding program for petrochemical plant and fabrication-shop work. Students develop Stick and TIG pipe-welding skills through classroom instruction and hands-on lab practice.

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Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Specialty Pipeline Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $14,500
  • Processes: Stick, Pipe, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 480 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: 24 weeks; two training sessions available

A 480-clock-hour, 24-week pipeline-welding program centered on SMAW with E6010 and E7018 electrodes. Training covers plate, fillet, open-root and pipe… Read full description for Specialty Pipeline Welder

A 480-clock-hour, 24-week pipeline-welding program centered on SMAW with E6010 and E7018 electrodes. Training covers plate, fillet, open-root and pipe welds plus cutting and fitting branch connections for pipeline work.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Combo Structural Fitter / 1F-4F Structural Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $6,500
  • Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 320 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: 16 weeks; two training sessions available

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week combined structural-fitting and fillet-welding program. The curriculum includes classroom study, GMAW/FCAW lab work in the… Read full description for Combo Structural Fitter / 1F-4F Structural Welder

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week combined structural-fitting and fillet-welding program. The curriculum includes classroom study, GMAW/FCAW lab work in the 1F-4F positions and extensive structural fitting practice; the official description also identifies SMAW instruction.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Combo Structural Fitter / 1G-4G Structural Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $6,500
  • Processes: MIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 320 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: 16 weeks; two training sessions available

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week combined structural-fitting and groove-welding program. Students practice GMAW, FCAW and SMAW open-root welding in the 1G-4G… Read full description for Combo Structural Fitter / 1G-4G Structural Welder

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week combined structural-fitting and groove-welding program. Students practice GMAW, FCAW and SMAW open-root welding in the 1G-4G positions and complete extensive structural fitting work.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Combo Structural Fitter / 1st Class Structural Pipe Welder

  • Credential: Certificate
  • Program cost: $6,500
  • Processes: Flux-Core, Pipe, Structural, Fabrication
  • Program Length: 320 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

Schedule: 16 weeks; two training sessions available

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week combined structural-pipe-welding and fitting program. Students complete FCAW practice on structural pipe and extensive… Read full description for Combo Structural Fitter / 1st Class Structural Pipe Welder

A 320-clock-hour, 16-week combined structural-pipe-welding and fitting program. Students complete FCAW practice on structural pipe and extensive structural fitting training for fabrication-shop work.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
Availability sources

Seminar - Pressure Vessel / Pipe Welder

  • Credential: Seminar
  • Program cost: $2,500
  • Processes: MIG, Flux-Core, Pipe
  • Program Length: 80 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

An 80-clock-hour seminar providing MIG and Flux-Core practice on pressure-vessel and pipe applications, including 2-inch, 5-inch and 6-inch pipe and… Read full description for Seminar - Pressure Vessel / Pipe Welder

An 80-clock-hour seminar providing MIG and Flux-Core practice on pressure-vessel and pipe applications, including 2-inch, 5-inch and 6-inch pipe and restricted-access setups.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Seminar - Submerged Arc Welding Operator

  • Credential: Seminar
  • Program cost: $4,500
  • Processes: Pipe
  • Program Length: 80 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

An 80-clock-hour seminar in mechanized submerged-arc welding, with published practice on plate and pipe.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Seminar - Carbon Steel Pressure Pipe GTAW (TIG) Welder

  • Credential: Seminar
  • Program cost: $2,500
  • Processes: TIG, Pipe
  • Program Length: 80 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

An 80-clock-hour TIG seminar using carbon-steel Schedule 40 and Schedule 80 pipe in pressure-pipe applications.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
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Seminar - Specialty Combination Welder - Stainless Steel

  • Credential: Seminar
  • Program cost: $2,500
  • Processes: TIG, Pipe
  • Program Length: 40 hours
  • AWS Prep: Not listed

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

A 40-clock-hour stainless-steel TIG seminar with practice on plate and Schedule 40 pipe in 2-inch and 6-inch sizes.

Confirmed at

Main Campus — Houston, TX
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