Hello tedswanson, in my neck of the woods there is a school called the Divers Institute, I'm sure that you can find them via the internet. They are located on Lake Washington in the state of Washington. There are also a few other schools in Texas and California and Lousiana I believe. If I missed any I'm sure there are many others out there who will chime in to let you know about others. Do a Google search and I'm sure you will find others too! Good Luck, aevald

There are a couple of dive companies in Lousiana that offer underwater welding to costumers, Oceaneering Int'l and Global Divers. I can't remember who you could talk to over at Oceaneering, but at Global you could try and talk to Tom Reynolds, 800-525-3483. I can answer some of your questions, I've been doing the underwater welding thing for 8 years. There are others out there, but I suspect like me they are offshore trying to do repairs from the hurricanes. Good luck.

Charles Welch