Professional Training Institute 2101 West Alice Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85021

"I attended here for welding. The instructors were super helpful & knowledgable. Was able to get my certs & in the field in less than 2 months."

"Whole staff is helpful and informative. Kawika was in charge of my job leads and they were super helpful to get hired right after schooling! Highly recommend this place to my friends who are looking into these trades."

"Hi, I was recently a student at VTI and I would like to warn future students. I payed for my schooling which came close to 20k and I have to say I don’t believe the school is worth half of that. For one are teacher was sick the whole school so we had a sub who graduated from the very school a year before me and I believe she is a good welder but a terrible teacher. Second the tools and equipment failed multiple times a week while I was at the school which caused a massive backup of students just to use a cutting torch. Not to mention lack of supplies and space. Then don’t even get me started on living accommodations. The hotel is ranked 1.5 stars and that is supposedly the best hotel in the area which that should say everything. And from the homeless to the drugs in the area is not really a safe place for its students. And to top it all off the staff messed up my flight plan there and back, then tried to bribe me with giving me the HVAC class for free. This is not how you’re supposed to treat vets."

"I attended VTI a few years back and the staff is great but the school itself is not work the price for HVAC, it costs about $15k for 1 month of schooling and you get almost no experience for the real world and the certification, which by the way you can just study on your own and get them for a few hundred dollars, they give you some tools and a laptop but that is less than $1k easily. I would not recommend the school for anyone"

"I’m a vet and I attended the welding program and the instructor named Mel is absolutely terrible. Her style of teaching is bland and boring. Instead of helping the students she just walks around with a bad attitude and criticizes everything you do. It would be different if it was constructive criticism and she would try to help you improve but that is not the case. The hotel they have you stay at it surrounded by drug dealers and addicts who constantly harass you. The rooms are not clean and they are also infested with roaches. Besides that the other instructors are amazing and so is the management staff."