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Welding Apprenticeships in Illinois

31 registered apprenticeship programs in Illinois train welding apprentices. Registered apprenticeships (U.S. Dept of Labor) pay wages from day one — training costs are typically covered by the sponsor instead of tuition. Most run 2–5 years to full journey-level pay, and you apply directly to the sponsor. Licensing note: USDOL-registered welding apprenticeships (Ironworkers, Pipefitters Local 597, Boilermakers; 3-4 years paid) fully substitute for trade school

Welding apprenticeship alerts for Illinois

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Registered programs by city

Chicago (4)

Sponsor	Program type
Cushman & Wakefield	Single Employer
ECWA-ECEA JATC	Multiple Employer
Education Design Development and Research Corporation	Multiple Employer
KLIMAN-TEST/COMPANY	Multiple Employer

Centralia (3)

Sponsor	Program type
Kaskaskia College	Multiple Employer
ICI - Centralia Correctional Center	Single Employer
Intermountain Electronics	Single Employer

East Moline (3)

Sponsor	Program type
UNITED TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 30 (HIGH SCHOOL)	Multiple Employer
UNITED TOWNSHIP AREA CAREER CENTER (HIGH SCHOOL)	Multiple Employer
ICI - East Moline Correctional Center	Single Employer

Moline (2)

Sponsor	Program type
Moline Coal Valley School District (High School)	Multiple Employer
MCLAUGHLIN BODY COMPANY/UNITED AUTO WORKERS LU 1414	Single Employer

Pekin (2)

Sponsor	Program type
SkillsUSA Illinois, Inc.	Multiple Employer
Youth Workforce Development Foundation (YWDF) · site	Multiple Employer

Ina (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Rend Lake College	Multiple Employer

Marion (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Man-Tra-Con Corporation	Multiple Employer

Pembrooke Township (1)

Sponsor	Program type
AAWSTLU JATC	Multiple Employer

Mattoon (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Lake Land College	Multiple Employer

Rock Island (1)

Sponsor	Program type
ROCK ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL (High School)	Multiple Employer

Normal (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Heartland Community College	Multiple Employer

Peoria (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC)	Multiple Employer

Millstadt (1)

Sponsor	Program type
MAC Medical, Inc.	Single Employer

Belleville (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Southwestern Illinois College	Multiple Employer

Carterville (1)

Sponsor	Program type
John A. Logan College	Multiple Employer

Glen Ellyn (1)

Sponsor	Program type
College of DuPage	Multiple Employer

Hennepin (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Marquis Energy - Illinois, LLC	Multiple Employer

East Dubuque (1)

Sponsor	Program type
East Dubuque High School	Multiple Employer

Mount Vernon (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Modern Solution Services	Single Employer

Palatine (1)

Sponsor	Program type
William Rainey Harper College · site	Multiple Employer

Elk Grove Village (1)

Sponsor	Program type
Assoc. Builders & Contractors Inc	Multiple Employer

Vienna (1)

Sponsor	Program type
ICI - Shawnee Correctional Center	Single Employer

To apply: contact sponsors through apprenticeship.gov or the sponsor's own site. Prefer classroom-first? Compare the 46 welding schools in Illinois.

Sponsor data: U.S. Dept of Labor Registered Apprenticeship (apprenticeship.gov), refreshed quarterly; locations reflect DOL registration records. Duplicate registrations and corrections-facility programs are filtered from display. Independent site — not affiliated with the U.S. DOL. About half of states run their own apprenticeship agencies (incl. NY, MN, OR, VT, WA, DC) — federal data undercounts those states, so a low count there does not mean apprenticeships don't exist.