Metal Fabrication Training
Tri-Community Adult Education · Covina, CA
- Cost
- $1,045
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.
What happened to people who took this
No outcomes reported for this program
About a third of California programs report nothing. That is a fact about the program's reporting, not evidence that it works or does not.
The job this trains for
This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.
Shrinking -20%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
Related work California expects more of
The U.S. Department of Labor lists these as related to the job above, and California projects growth in them rather than decline. Related is not the same as interchangeable: the training, the licenses and the pay can all differ, and this program does not train for these. It is a place to start asking, not a recommendation.
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,385 · +3.2% · 93 programs here
- Sheet Metal Workers$78,665 · +5.5% · 13 programs here
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers$78,439 · +5.5% · 7 programs here
Where California publishes a separate figure for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Job ads may call this: Fitter · Fabricator · Layout Man · Ship Fitter
Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.
- Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
- Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
Show 4 more things this job involves
- Tack-weld fitted parts together.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
What this pays in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)
Each bar runs from the lowest-paid tenth to the highest-paid tenth. The darker middle is where half the people are, and the line is the median.
| Area | The lowest-paid tenth earn under | Half earn under | The highest-paid tenth earn over |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $45,749 | $58,461 | $80,759 |
| Across California | $46,170 | $58,904 | $77,847 |
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) beside the same figures for the whole state. A region can sit well below or above the statewide spread, and the statewide number is the one most often quoted — so where they differ, the local row is the one that describes the work near this program.
- Typical pay in California
- $58,904per yearLos Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD: $59,452
- Projected openings
- 2,460Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD: 320
- Projected change
- -20%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Getting in
- Experience needed first
- None
- Training after you are hired
- 1 to 12 months
These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.
Program details
This program provides in-person instruction only.
Metal Fabrication is an umbrella definition for a variety of skills andtrades where students learn how to build simple shapes to complexHot Rod and Off-Road projects. Class projects range from simpleconstruction bracketry to Chassis Fabrication/design and SheetMetal forming.Metal Fabrication introduces: Grinder/ Cut-off wheel, Burr-king;Mig welding; Tig welding; Materials: Plate steel, Tubing, Stainlessand Cold Roll sheetmetal; How to use measuring tools: Tapemeasure, Calipers, Angle finder, Square; Basic Geometry,Trigonometry, Fractions and converting fractions to decimals;3D modeling: PTC Creo; Manual Machining: Mill/Lathe;Tube Bending: JD2; Horizontal band saw and miter cuts;Plasma CNC Table: Torchmate and the provided software; Sheetmetal: Folding, Bending, Rolling,Shrinking/Stretching, Power Hammer (Baileigh), English Wheel (Baileigh), Bead Rolling.During the 12-week program techniques and machines will be used to build class projects. Theseprojects range from small bracketry to complete vehicles. We accept novice students with noexperience to veterans in the trade or associated trades. It is not uncommon for students to takethe class multiple times, advancing through the program and developing a stronger technique.Welding experience is not mandatory, just an eagerness to learn!
Someone else may be able to pay for this
This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-09-18). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.
Ask before you enroll, not after
The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.
The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California
Covina AJCCAffiliate site
Phone: 626-667-2601
1115 E. Puente StreetTri-Community Adult School BuildingCovina, CA 91724about 0.7 miles away
Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:30pm 0pm Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
East San Gabriel Valley AJCCComprehensive center
Phone: 626-934-5701
14101 E. Nelson AvenueHacienda La Puente Adult Education (HLPAE)La Puente, CA 91746about 6.3 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Has a veterans' representative
Monrovia Adult School Career CenterAffiliate site
Phone: 626-471-3052
920 South Mountain AvenueMonrovia, CA 91016about 7.4 miles away
Hours: Mon - Wed 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tue -Thu - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.
Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List
How this gets paid for, and what to ask →
Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.
The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.
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