THE NATION’S PREMIER INDEPENDENT WELDING SCHOOL

Family owned and operated, Georgia Trade School stands as one of the nation’s elite boutique welding schools. Named to the Cobb Chamber Top 25 Small Business of the Year seven consecutive times, our efforts to ‘Rebuild America” have led to critical acclaim and commercial viability. With twelve hundred graduates across twenty states in a range of industries from energy to construction, fabrication, manufacturing, film, television, and shipbuilding this program changes lives and offers a pathway to middle class security.

GTS graduates have welded on iconic projects like Ponce City Market, Truist Park, Mercedes Benz Stadium, The Battery Atlanta, Aria, Restoration Hardware and San Antonio Class Amphibious Assault Ships. Our graduates have built sets for Hollywood blockbusters including Stranger Things, Godzilla, Fast n Furious and Tyler Perry Studios. We even have graduates working on rocket launchers putting satellites into orbit and building temporary hospitals during the Covid 19 pandemic.

An independent school, GTS does not burden taxpayers with student loan debt. We are proud investors in Historic Downtown Acworth operating in a restored mill from the 1920’s. Our community involvement includes high school athletics support and multiple Cobb based charities.

The quality of our staff is measured by their experience and credentials. We have a former Practical Welding Today National teacher of the year, three certified welding inspectors, our President who holds an MBA and M.Ed. and our Founder, who serves on boards with the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, American Welding Society, and the Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium. With an eye on quality over quantity, our student teacher ratio is 10:1.