Company History

Real Educational Services, Inc. was founded by Gerald W. Taylor. He began Real Educational Services, Inc. as a sister company to Techweld, Inc. which is a mechanical testing laboratory.

Real Educational Services, Inc. was formed as a training organization that specialized in welding inspection and quality programs related to welding for all aspects of industry. As a former welder, vocational welding instructor, vocational welding department chairman and manager/operator of a mechanical testing laboratory, Gerald W. Taylor founded Real Educational Services, Inc. to formalize the training services offered by previous associations.

In 1998 the company completed remodeling construction of state of the art training facilities in Pascagoula, Mississippi and over the last 6 years has established branch offices in Houston, Texas and Houma, Louisiana.

Real Educational Services, Inc. was created as a Mississippi "C" corporation based in Jackson County. Recently Real Educational Services, Inc. has undergone a change in ownership becoming a woman owned, disabled veteran owned company.

Our Philosophy and Objectives

Real Educational Services, Inc. provides the highest quality technical training to the industry with two primary intentions:

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

Real Educational Services, Inc. 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, Inc. facilities as well as at customer locations.

Real Educational Services, Inc. has the following objectives:

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

Design of our Courses

Real Educational Services, Inc. provides the highest quality training to each student by creating innovative, interesting and technically sound courses. Each course is designed using multiple sets of training aids realizing that hands-on training is the most important aspect of learning. Students participate in practical exercises which duplicate the real work situations that could be encountered by the welding inspector. These experiences in the classroom and shop environment are progressively more challenging as the student continues through the curriculum.

About the Instructors

Real Educational Services provides motivated, experienced and technically competent instructors who are empowered to accomplish our mission. Gerald W. Taylor, now with more than 38 years experience in training, consulting and welding inspection, remains an integral part of the company offering extensive technical expertise and exceptional instructional abilities. Today, Linda D. Taylor also works with the company in the capacity of instructor, program manager and course developer and has over 18 years technical instructional experience. Certifications: AWS Senior CWI, AWS CWS, API 510 & 570, ASNT Level III MT, PT, RT and VT.