WESA Application

Welding Educator Skills Advancement Program (WESA)

Welding instructors are eligible to apply for special pricing of one-week courses in the Welding School Catalog.  Instructors participate as a student throughout the course with hands-on welding and can learn how our instructors teach specific topics and techniques.

We appreciate what you do, so as a welding school instructor, you are eligible to sign up for a week of welding training at a significant course discount. Classes are held at Lincoln Electric’s Global Headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio.  Please Note:  This Program is for Welding Instructors Only!

Instructors will:

• Choose from a variety of classes from standard to advanced courses.
• Participate as a student and receive training materials.
• Learn teaching techniques from other instructors.
• Train on new equipment and consumable technologies.

This program is eligible for the following one-week classes:

• ALLOY101: Maintenance Alloys
• FCAW101: Flux-Cored Arc Welding
• GMAW101: Gas Metal Arc Welding
• GMAW302 - Gas Metal Arc Welding & Introduction to Cobots
• GTAW101: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
• INTRO101: Introduction to Welding
• MTRS301: Motorsports Basic Materials Program
• MTRS302: Motorsports Advanced Materials Program
• SAW201 - AC/DC Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) Training
• SMAW101: Introduction to Basic Plate & Sheet Metal Arc Welding

Admission Requirements:

To be approved for this program, all applicants must submit an approved supervisor letter that includes the supervisor’s first and last name, and school address including city, state, ZIP code, email and phone number.