Industrial Grade Education
Ozark Welding Institute
We teach skills that are in demand, transferable and employable for a serious career.
About Us
Why Choose OWI?
Train At Your Own Pace
Ozark Welding Institutes program has been implemented and perfected for over 10 years to ensure the success of the individual by allowing them to progress at their own pace. At OWI you will never be pushed onto the next thing before you have a solid grasp of the basics, and, alternatively, you won’t be held back if you’re ready to advance onto more difficult training.
Real World Experience
Everything you will do at OWI was designed to have real world employability in the industrial construction industry. This is accomplished through the tools you will use, the welding machines, the materials to be welded, and even the expectations from the instructors. OWI uses simulators of equipment that you will find in refineries, nuclear, coal, LNG, oil, gas, chemical, paper mills, etc.
Flexibility
You can start your training at any time — no semesters or waiting periods. OWI offers many different class schedules and options that allow the student to choose what’s best for them, and you can always change class schedule if there is availability.
Well Rounded Graduates
You won’t just learn welding at OWI. You will also learn Safety, Fitting, Rigging, Math, Quality Control, and Metallurgy, just to name a few. Our goal is to make the most versatile, employable, and safe welders possible.
Small Class Size
OWI has a small student-to-instructor ratio. OWI will never use a “teacher’s assistant.” You’re paying for hands-on instruction from a seasoned welder, and that’s what you should get. The open layout and small class size allows one instructor to observe everyone at once so if you lift your hood for help, odds are your instructor will be right behind you.
Income
Courses
Entry Level Welding
Tuition: $5,500
Hours: 100
This 100-hour entry level course is designed to familiarize someone with either GMAW/SMAW/GTAW or FCAW on carbon steel plate for local manufacturing employment. Students will not only learn welding but also safety, blueprint and fabrication in a real-world shop environment. Great option for those not interested in travel but are tired of minimum wage with no opportunity for growth.
Industrial Pipe Welder
Tuition: $21,900
Hours: 550
This 22-week 550-hour comprehensive course is for those who want a serious high paying career in code welding and aren’t scared of travel or long hours. Students will also learn safety, blueprint, metallurgy, and pipefitting and quality control. This course has proven successful in taking someone with no welding experience and in 22 weeks being employable at 2K – 5K per week! This training is applicable to power plants, refineries, LNG, processing plants, paper mills, generally anywhere ASME or AWS code work is being performed.
This course is broken into 4 parts.
- Phase 1 Structural- Carbon steel plate welding in both fillet and grove joint design utilizing SMAW and FCAW in 1G/2G/3G/4G positions.
- Phase 2 SMAW Pipe – Carbon steel pipe in 2G/5G/6G positions primarily with E6010 / E7018 electrodes.
- Phase 3 Combo Pipe & Pipe Fitting – Carbon steel pipe using GTAW and SMAW processes utilizing ER70s-6 and E7018 in 2G/5G/6G
positions. - Phase 4 Stainless Pipe – Stainless filler on carbon using ER309L and Stainless SCH 10 with 308L filler in 2G/5G/6G positions.
Students will also be provided with all tools, materials and consumables while enrolled so there’s no further out of pocket expenses.
Student Application
Financing
Financing options are available to help make tuition at Ozark Welding Institute more manageable. Whether through payment plans or other flexible solutions, students can explore ways to spread out the cost of their education and invest in their future with confidence.
Student Housing Assistance & Relocation
The Instructor
The most important part of any welding school is the instructor, and, before you sign up for a welding program, there are a few questions you should ask.
- Does the instructor’s experience line up with your career goals. Have they worked where you want do work?
- When was the last time the instructor was out on a real job welding? Is their experience still relevant to today’s industry?
- Are they energetic, enthusiastic, and healthy?
- Do you even know who your instructor will be or is it any random person who would agree to teach for what the school was willing to pay?
- Do they need you to succeed? Is their success tied to yours?
Here at OWI our instructor and owner is Dustin Shively. Dustin is a CWI /CWE, API 510/ 570 / 1169, ASNT, VT, PT, MT LVL II with 20 years of industrial welding experience. Dustin has worked in coal, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, paper, transmission pipeline, and sanitary. He has also developed welding education programs for fortune 500 companies and operated as quality manager for several well-known and successful businesses who operate on a global scale. If you want to succeed in the industrial welding industry at the highest pay scales, Dustin is the instructor you want.
Additional Services
Welding Testing
WPS and PQR
Non-Destructive Testing
Fabrication
Welding Repairs
Inspection
CWI Classes
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Get In Touch
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a tour, reach out to us now! You can call us at (479) 883-7695 or simply fill out the contact form below.