Precision Welding Academy

Houston’s Premier Accredited Welding Training School located in Katy, Texas

Career education for beginning, intermediate, and advanced welders

(832) 427-6587

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Who We Are

Precision Welding Academy LLC (“PWA”) was founded by welders, professional educators, and business professionals to meet the needs of employers seeking top-quality, precision welders. So what is different about us?

PWA is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education, and approved and regulated by the Texas Workforce Commission.
PWA is an Educational Institution Member of the American Welding Society.
We are not a large, corporate institution where our students get lost in the crowd. As one of our students, you will have a unique opportunity to learn from the best. Your success is our success.

We strive for a 15:1 student to teacher ratio. This means you will receive more individual attention.
Day school is 8 hours a day, 5 days a week—just like a full-time job. This allows you to develop welding skills faster than at most other schools. We also offer more flexible options with part-time afternoon & night shifts.
Our instructors are skilled at teaching to your needs so no time is wasted.
Upon successful completion of advanced welding programs, you may be eligible to take an AWS certification test to become a certified welder.
PWA is dedicated to providing quality welders for the continued job growth across the United States. The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports welding jobs are expected to grow to 427,300 by 2026.

MISSION STATEMENT, PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES

Precision Welding Academy LLC’s mission is to train and develop the world’s premiere welders and fabricators through precision training. Precision Welding Academy offers diploma programs designed to train students for welding careers. Relatively short, yet remarkably comprehensive, these welding programs are carefully planned to provide the best training possible. Precision Welding Academy LLC’s programs are organized to stress maximum proficiency in welding.

To fulfill this mission, Precision Welding Academy LLC must:

1. Offer programs, complete in themselves, that shall prepare individuals to take their places in the welding field in the shortest possible time consistent with sound educational practice.

2. Provide, in addition to specialized skills, an understanding of the function and structure of organizations within the welding career area that will enable its graduates to advance to positions of greater responsibility.

3. Provide an educational environment in which students may develop attitudes and social ideals essential to personal fulfillment and service to society.

4. Maintain college‑level instruction and high standards of achievement so that its programs may serve as a foundation for further learning.

The Academy

PWA’s new facility consisting of approximately 4,800 square feet including a classroom and a spacious shop with 40 welding booths.

The Lab

Where your career begins. 40 booths in total and every booth is equipped with ESAB Rebel machines.

Fabrication Area

High Frequency Area

An ICON Elite CNC plasma cutting system, courtesy of our good friends at FastCut CNC. A very impressive, high-quality machine available for our students.

One of our many welding booths outfitted with new equipment from ESAB.

PWA is powered by ESAB and our booths are fully equipped with Rebel 285’s. The most powerful and industrial multi-process Rebel yet!

PWA provides clean, spacious, and powerful booths to perfect your craft.

PWA’s well equipped welding shop.

PWA’s welding shop and available equipment.

Proudly serving Houston, Katy, Brookshire, Fulshear, Richmond, Rosenberg, Sugar Land and surrounding areas of Harris County, Waller County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County.

Programs

Day, Afternoon & Night Classes

Day: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Mon-Fri)

AFTERNOON: 4:00 p.M - 11 P.M (MON-tHUR)

Night: 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (Mon-Thur)

Precision Welding Academy LLC offers full-time & part-time comprehensive programs. So whether you are looking to jump-start your career in welding or simply gain a new skill, Precision Welding Academy LLC has a path specific to your goals that will accommodate your schedule.

Program Descriptions

Welding Saved My Life

MY NAME IS Scott Raabe, President, precision welding academy

Yes, that was my truck. As a young man, I nearly died after an accident that was my fault. I was making bad decisions, and I had a reckless lifestyle. I had no idea how to earn a living. My life was a mess—until I discovered welding. Welding gave me a purpose and direction and a career that I love.

I graduated from Langham Creek High School and attended Texas State Technical College in Waco to get my Certificate in Welding Technology. After completing the program, I worked as a welder for 12 years at several specialties including fabrication, structural, pipe, and vessel, mastering my techniques before becoming a welding instructor at Tulsa Welding School and a certified welding instructor at Arclabs Welding School. In addition, I started my own business several years ago called Clean Cut Metal Works.

Ask me about some of my work. I would love to share it with you.

After all these years I finally came to the realization I loved teaching more than anything. That is why I started this school. I take pride in showing students everything from the most basic tasks to the to the most intricate projects. Quality and precision does not come from cutting corners. It starts from learning the basics and developing skills over time.