A branch of Tarradco for Trade & Marine Services
The workforce your project can certify — welders, fitters, riggers and inspectors, trained on a live fabrication floor.
Tarradco Academy qualifies industrial trades for oil & gas, marine and mega-project contractors inside a working fabrication operation — not a classroom. Every welding programme includes Radiographic Testing in the fee. Every trade programme runs to LEEA, ASNT, or code-based standards your project auditors already recognize.
- 11 certification programmes
- Welding to rigging
- Plate · Pipe · 6GR
- Qualification tiers
- RT included
- Every welding programme
- EGP & USD
- Local & international rates
Why it matters
The problem with hiring for a project deadline
- Uncertified crews stall mobilization.Welders and riggers who arrive without valid, code-recognized qualification get discovered on-site — not in training — when a weld fails or a lift inspection stops work.
- Repeat NDT rejections cost more than training does.Radiographic Testing failures on plate and pipe welds mean rework, schedule slip, and disputes with your client's QA/QC team.
- Lifting operations carry real liability.Crane, forklift, and rigging work without LEEA-recognized qualification is a safety and insurance exposure most contractors can't carry on an active site.
- Local hiring, international standards.Oil & gas and marine clients expect qualification to ASME, AWS, API, or ISO codes — even when the workforce is sourced locally in Egypt.
The Differentiator
The only centre pairing training with a real fabrication workshop — across welding, fitting, rigging and inspection.
Every welding qualification runs on production equipment and is certified jointly by Tarradco, Inspecta Middle East, and an internationally recognized certifying body, with Radiographic Testing included in the course fee — never billed separately, never skipped. Trade programmes are delivered by LEEA-qualified instructors, and NDT Level II follows ASNT SNT-TC-1A across six methods. For corporate contracts like crane operation, we can also work equipment-light: your site supplies the crane, we supply the auxiliary lifting tools and the qualified operator training.
- Radiographic Testing included in every welding feeRT is part of the programme price — never billed separately and never skipped.
- Joint certification with Inspecta Middle EastCertificates are issued jointly with Inspecta Middle East and an internationally recognized certifying body.
- Trades taught by LEEA-qualified instructorsRigger, crane, forklift and defensive driving programmes are delivered by LEEA-qualified instructors.
- NDT Level II to ASNT SNT-TC-1ASix methods covered: VT, PT, MT, UT, RT and PAUT.
Based on Ohm Zeghio Road, Alexandria — inside the city's heavy-industry corridor, behind the EZDK plant.
Part of the Tarradco Group
A training centre with an industrial parent behind it
Tarradco Academy is the technical qualification branch of Tarradco for Trade & Marine Services, a member of the Tarradco Group. The Group's fabrication and marine services business supplies the workshops, welding procedures, inspection culture and instructors that our courses are built on.
- Tarradco Group
- Parent industrial group across trade, marine services and fabrication.
- Tarradco for Trade & Marine Services
- The operating company the academy sits under as a dedicated branch.
- Tarradco Academy
- Industrial trades certification, testing and technical qualification.
- Shared standards
- Group WPS/PQR-backed procedures and QA practice used in every course.
Course Catalog
Certification programmes — welding, lifting trades and inspection
- SMAW
SMAW (ARC Welder)
Stick welding fundamentals through multi-position plate and pipe qualification — 1G–4G/1F–4F plate positions and 5G/6G pipe positions on 7018 and combined 7018+6010 electrodes, plus a 7-day 6GR fast-track for experienced welders who need a restricted-position pipe qualification quickly.
EGP 13,500
Course details - GTAW
GTAW (TIG Welder)
TIG welding for carbon steel plate and pipe, built for precision work on critical piping and pressure systems common on offshore and process-plant scopes.
EGP 15,000
Course details - FCAW
FCAW (MIG/CO2 Welder)
High-deposition flux-cored welding for structural steel and pipe work where productivity matters as much as qualification — a common process on fabrication-heavy mega-project scopes.
EGP 13,500
Course details - GTAW — SS
GTAW (TIG Welder) — Stainless
TIG pipe qualification on stainless steel — for process piping, marine, and hygienic-grade fabrication work. Additional stainless steel tracks are in development.
EGP 20,000
Course details - TEST
GMAW Plate Test (3G)
Third-party GMAW plate qualification test in the 3G position.
EGP 3,500
Course details - TEST
SMAW Plate Test (2 positions)
Third-party SMAW plate qualification test across two positions.
EGP 3,500
Course details - TEST
SMAW Pipe Test (5G & 6G)
Third-party SMAW pipe qualification test in 5G and 6G positions.
EGP 4,500
Course details - TEST
GTAW Pipe Test (5G & 6G)
Third-party GTAW pipe qualification test in 5G and 6G positions.
EGP 4,500
Course details - RIGGER
Rigger
Qualifies technicians to work safely and efficiently in petroleum and industrial lifting operations.
LEEA-qualified instructorEGP 3,400
Course details - DRIVING
Defensive Driving
Safe and defensive driving practices for site and road operations.
LEEA-qualified instructorEGP 3,000
Course details - CRANE
Crane Operator
Qualifies crane operators for heavy industrial lifting. Corporate option: your site supplies the crane, we supply auxiliary lifting tools and instruction.
LEEA-qualified instructorEGP 3,500
Course details - FORKLIFT
Forklift Operator
Qualifies forklift operators for industrial site operations.
LEEA-qualified instructorEGP 3,500
Course details - NDT II
NDT Level II
Accredited NDT Level II across six methods: VT, PT, MT, UT, RT, PAUT.
ASNT SNT-TC-1AEGP 6,000
Course details - PIPE FITTER
Pipe Fitter
Qualifies technicians to read isometric and P&ID drawings and perform field assembly calculations.
EGP 13,000
Course details - GRINDER
Grinder (Steel Fabricator / Bench Fitter)
Measuring, detailing, cutting and assembly of steel structures, trusses and pressure vessels — 70% practical workshop time.
EGP 7,000
Course details - AWS / ASME
Welding Programs (AWS/ASME)
Code-based welder qualification to ISO 9606-1, ASME Section IX, AWS D1.1 and API 1104, matched to client requirements.
In development — pricing and scope to be announced
Course details
Test Service
Independent Welder Qualification Testing
Already have welders who only need testing? Book a qualification test on its own — individually as a walk-in trainee, or as a company batch with a custom quote covering volume, positions and scheduling.
Individuals (B2C)
Fixed-price qualification testing for individual welders, Egyptian and foreign trainee pricing available.
See individual pricingCompanies (B2B)
Custom quotes for batch testing, on-site or in-center, for contractors qualifying their own welding staff.
Request a company quoteAccreditation
Instructor Qualification & Accrediting Bodies
- Active
TARRADCO
Qualification programmes & instructor authority
- Active
Inspecta Middle East
Co-instruction: Pipe Fitter, Grinder, NDT trades
- Active
TÜV Rheinland
Cooperating certifying body
- Active
BUREAU VERITAS
Cooperating certifying body
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