Why us

Learn why thousands of students choose the  Earlbeck Technical Center for their welding education.

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The Earlbeck difference

​Why come to the Earlbeck Training Center?

Welding is what we do here at Earlbeck- from gases and equipment, to weld certification.

The Earlbeck Technical Center was established 30 years ago and has been educating and certifying welders ever since; we have helped over 3,000 students enter the workforce! Our goal is to train and certify individuals to help decrease the estimated shortage of over 400,000 welders by 2024, according to the American Welding Society (AWS), while improving and enriching lives through occupational training. We can’t do that without your motivation and skill to add into the workforce. We provide world-class programs and services, for individuals to reach their fullest potential.

We care about our community.

We trained the RG Steel workers (formerly Bethlehem Steel), after the official shut down in 2012. Earlbeck stepped up and was able to provide these workers with additional or new skills to re-enter to work force, without having to start from the beginning in order to make a livable wage.

Our Technical Center provides students with AWS Certified Welding Instructors (CWI), Certified Welding Educators (CWE), state of the art supplies and equipment, which is updated every 18 months to ensure you are learning on the best equipment available; and an overall fun environment! Our instructors are dedicated to your success and will coach you every step of the way, even after you have successfully completed our program.
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What will you learn?
Students will learn skills needed to enter the welding industry; or if you are already a welder, you can come to our technical center for advanced training to move to the next level in your career.

Process specific classes, even at the advanced level:
- Fundamentals of Welding: Geared towards the individual who is first starting out in the welding industry or needs a refresher before entering the Intermediate class.
- Intermediate Welding: Shielded Metal Arc Welding, SMAW (STICK); Gas Metal Arc Welding, GMAW (MIG); Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, GTAW (TIG).
- Advanced Welding: 6G PIPE certification in SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW.
 
Why Choose the Earlbeck Technical Center?

• Frequent and ongoing classes throughout the year so you can begin your welder training at any time.
• Day time and evening classes available so you can fit your classes around your schedule if you are currently employed.
• Specialized training for the welder looking to advance their career.
• Certification Prep with an AWS Certified Welding Inspector or Certified Welding Educator to ensure you are ready to take your certification test.
• Earn your Welder Certification to an AWS or ASME standard within our Intermediate and Advanced classes so you are job ready upon completion.
• Weld Kits sent to your door for certification – weld your test coupon from the comfort of your own shop!

Weld Training Classes from Fundamentals to the Advanced level

Weld Certification  and Certification Prep

Specialized Training to help you prepare for the next step in your career.

Local customer service with personal attention and years of experience to support customers of any size 

 I turned to Earlbeck Corporation for not only my welding consumables but, more importantly, weld certifications and procedures. I see no other welding supplier in the region that has a greater knowledge of the complex welding discipline than Earlbeck. Having the resources of  Earlbeck just an email away has always given me the business confidence to accept what the industry sends my way.
Earlbeck provides quality products, exceptional service and disciplined knowledge in the welding market. Our fifteen years as business partners, through the good economic times and bad ones, is testimony to our commitment to a successful vendor/customer relationship.“

See what else our customers have to say about us. 

Our mission

Earlbeck Gases & Technologies’ purpose is to provide our customers with knowledgeable support and headache free customer service for welding and gas products and services, so that we become an integral extension of our customer’s business.  We provide solutions, not products.
 
The purpose of the Earlbeck Technical Center is to improve and enrich lives through occupational training. By providing world-class programs and services, we provide opportunity for individuals to reach their fullest potential.