Real Educational Services Inc: Your Path to Welding Certification

Real Educational Services Inc. stands as a premier training organization specializing in welding inspection and quality programs for various industries. Founded in 1991 by Gerald W. Taylor, a former welder, vocational welding instructor, and owner/operator of a mechanical testing laboratory, the company has been dedicated to enhancing the knowledge and skills of its students, assisting them in achieving their career goals. With a philosophy centered on practical, hands-on experiences and comprehensive measurement devices, Real Educational Services offers a range of training programs at its facilities and customer locations.

Our Philosophy on Training

Real Educational Services is committed to providing the highest quality technical training to the industry, with two primary intentions:

To enhance the knowledge and skills of our students in an effort to further application of quality practices throughout the industry.
To assist our students in their efforts to achieve their highest attainable goals.

Real Educational Services places emphasis on the use of practical hands-on experiences and utilizes comprehensive measurement devices in each training program offered in the areas of quality and welding inspection. All training programs are available at any of the Real Educational Services facilities as well as at customer locations.

Real Educational Services has the following objectives:

Provide “real” training experiences that lead to “real” job knowledge and skills.
Provide technical training that is informative and interesting, employing maximum use of “real” hands-on training experiences.
Ensure our performance and delivery remains our best source of future growth by warranting word of mouth recommendations from our students.
Ensure our competency-based certificates are recognized with respect and value in the industry.
Ensure every student knows that we are dedicated to their success.

A Legacy of Expertise

The foundation of Real Educational Services is built upon the extensive experience of its team. Gerald W. Taylor, with over 53 years in training, consulting, and welding inspection, remains an integral part of the company, providing technical expertise and instructional abilities. Linda D. Taylor, who joined the company in 1997, brings her expertise in course development, technical instruction, and nondestructive testing (NDT). Ken Jobes, a degreed Welding Engineer, has been teaching the CWI program for many years, enriching the team with his knowledge of welding and inspection.

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Currently Real Educational Services has offices in Pascagoula MS, Hempstead TX, and Ellijay GA.

Charting Your Course to CWI Certification

For individuals aspiring to become a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) with single or multiple certifications (CWI/API/LEVEL III), Real Educational Services offers a recommended training plan designed to build a solid foundation of knowledge. This plan aims to provide in-depth understanding and better preparation for certification.

Recommended Training Plan

Fundamentals of Welding Inspection (40 Hours)
Radiographic Film Interpretation Level II (40 Hours)
Welding Procedure Fundamentals (40 Hours)
Liquid Penetrant / Magnetic Particle (PT/MT) Inspection Level I and II (40 Hours)
AWS Certified Welding Inspector/Educator (CWI/CWE) Preparatory (80 Hours)
Applications of Visual Welding Inspection - Job Knowledge for CWIs and SCWIs (40 Hours)
API 1169 Pipeline Inspector Preparatory (40 Hours)
API 570 Pressure Piping Inspector Preparatory (80 Hours)
API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector Preparatory (80 Hours)
ASME Section IX, B31.1 and B31.3 for CWI Endorsement (40 Hours)
AWS D1.1 - Structural Steel Code for CWI Endorsement (40 Hours)
AWS D1.5 - Bridge Code for CWI Endorsement (40 Hours)
API 1104 - Standard for Cross Country Pipelines (40 Hours)
Advanced Visual Welding Inspection for CWI/SCWI Inspectors (40 Hours)
AWS Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI) Preparatory (40 Hours)
AWS Certified Welding Supervisor (CWS) Preparatory (40 Hours)
9 Year SCWI/CWI Recertification Workshop (80 Hours)

The Value of Welding Inspection Certification

A welding inspection certification is a mark of excellence.

Gaining your certification as a welding inspector is a mark of excellence for your abilities. A welding inspection certification not only boosts your credibility within the welding industry, but also shows your dedication to remain at the forefront of evolving technology, equipment, and welding applications. Becoming a Certified Welding Inspector shows your commitment to growing within the welding industry. This certification is one that should not and will not be overlooked!

Real Educational Services: Your Partner in Success

Real Educational Services offers online Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) courses and preparatory courses. At Real Educational Services, we provide CWI lessons from our highly experienced teaching staff. With over 100 years of combined experience, we work hard to deliver quality classes to help our students be ultimately successful when taking their exam. We work closely with all of our students to ensure that they are on track with their CWI course so that they can actively learn these new techniques that will become useful in their new career ventures. It’s critical that we see our students succeed - in order to provide them with the highest quality technical training, we see that our instructors follow these intentions as well. Our instructors teach with the philosophies that they are here to enhance the knowledge and skills of their students, to assist them in their highest-reaching career efforts, and to ensure that they are trained to follow all quality and safety standards of the welding industry. As our name implies - one of our main objectives is to be able to provide “real” training experiences that lead to “real” skills and knowledge retention, and with that, “real” jobs, as well.

The training courses that we provide at Real Educational Services are designed to be innovative, interesting, and technically sound. Each course uses multiple training aids, with hands-on training being the most important focus. Students will participate in practical welding exercises, which will mimic real-life scenarios that they may come across as a welding inspector down the road.

We’re dedicated to your success - if you’re looking for a CWI course, SCWI course, or other technical welding certification course offered by a team of real instructors who truly care about your education, rely on Real Educational Services.

Transform your entire future with Real Educational Services’ Certified Welding Inspector program. Capable of being completed with a mixture of classroom and online, our classes provide the necessary practice and coaching to prepare for the CWI examinations. Advance your career with us and gain all the knowledge and test taking skills needed to become certified through the American Welding Society. Get hands-on experience and embrace your role in the welding industry, ensuring every weld meets code and specification requirements.

Further your Certified Welding Inspector career and gain even more experience and knowledge with Real Educational Services’ additional classes. Whether it's Radiographic Film Interpretation, Welding Procedure Fundamentals or Applications of Visual Welding Inspection, our courses offer the theory and hands-on needed to be thoroughly capable in all facets of welding inspection.

API 510 and 570 are two certifications that have come to be regarded as the most demanded and desired credentials in the industry. API certified inspectors are recognized worldwide as professionals who are fully knowledgeable of the relevant industry inspection codes and standards, and who are capable of performing their jobs in accordance with the latest and most acceptable industry inspection practices.

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Key Personnel

Real Educational Services provides motivated, experienced and technically competent instructors who are empowered to accomplish our mission.

Gerald W. Taylor, now with more than 53 years experience in training, consulting and welding inspection, remains an integral part of the company offering extensive technical expertise and exceptional instructional abilities. Linda D. Taylor serves as instructor, program manager, course developer, etc. and has more than 32 years technical instruction experience. Together, Gerald and Linda Taylor develop or oversee course curriculum and strive to make each course the best in the industry.

Certifications (past and/or present): AWS SCWI/CWI, AWS CWS, AWS CRI, API 510, 570 and 1169, ASNT Level III MT, PT, RT and VT.

Ken Jobes has been teaching the CWI Preparatory course for over 36 years. His certifications, past and/or present include AWS SCWI/CWI, AWS CRI, API 510 & 653.

Class Locations and Accessibility

Real Educational Services offers flexibility in training locations. Any course may be taught at one of our facilities, your facility or a pre-arranged location. Even though the course may not be held at our facility, the quality of our training remains consistent.

Locations include:

Pascagoula MS
Hempstead TX
Ellijay GA

Directions to Ellijay GA:

From Atlanta take Interstate 75 north to I-575 north toward Canton. From I-575 continue onto GA 515 toward Jasper and Ellijay. From Hwy 515 make a left turn at the first traffic light coming into Ellijay (CVS will be on the left). This road is Howard Simmons parkway. Continue to the end and turn right at intersection. Drive approximatly 4 tenths of a mile to Real Educational Services on the right. Please be aware that some GPS will take you north of Ellijay on Hwy 5, which is incorrect.

Directions to Pascagoula MS:

Leaving Pascagoula on Hwy 90 and coming into Gautier, turn right from Hwy 90 onto the Campus. Take the first left onto College Drive. Take the first entrance on the right, into huge parking lot.

Directions to Hempstead TX:

From Interstate 10, take 610 North to Northwest Freeway. Stay left on to Hwy 290 West toward Austin. Exit in 41 miles on to FM 359 and turn left toward Brookshire. On FM 359 drive 1.3 miles the turn right on to Business 290. Go .9 miles and see Real Educational Services on right.

Directions to Morgan City LA:

From the Hwy 90 bridge into Morgan City take the Federal Avenue Exit. At the end of the exit take a left onto Freret Street. Proceed a half-block and at the first stop sign take a right onto Fourth Street proceeding approximately one-half mile over the railroad tracks. Continue and Fourth Street becomes Youngs Road and our site will be approximately 3 miles down the road. After approximately 1 mile you will pass the main campus on the right. through the 4-way stop, keeping the cemetery on your left.

Enrollment and Testing Information

AWS limits the number of students we can test on any test day to 50. Applications and seats for testing will be assigned a number in the order of receipt by Real Educational Services. Since several students have taken up space for testing and then decided to reschedule at the last minute, we are now forced to apply different rules than what we have used in the past. Full payment for the class at the time of registration and verification from AWS for testing to be reserved a seat for the class and testing.

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