Maritime Training Center
In June 2009, AIDT broke ground for The Maritime Training Center with construction beginning in July 2009. The center officially opened on November 8, 2010. Our 67,000 square foot facility features classrooms, and a state-of-the-art assembly room has the capacity to host large classes and events. On the shop floor, there are 64 welding booths, a CNC plasma table, and a large lay-down yard with overhead crane access.
We also have a counterbalance forklift, rough terrain forklift, aerial-lift, and a 10-ton overhead crane and rigging for safety training.
Quality Statement
MTC is committed to providing Alabama citizens with skill-specific training and industry-recognized credentials designed to meet the needs of industrial and maritime-related industries.
Our Vision is to educate and train citizens in industrial, maritime, and emerging technologies that will enable Alabama to be a world leader.
Our Mission is to provide a technically-trained, highly-skilled, and educated workforce for industrial and maritime-related technologies, and to promote the growth and expansion of businesses through craft education.
Meet our Instructors
Our instructors have over 180+ years combined industry experience in welding and shipfitting. All of our instructors are also NCCER certified instructors
Josh Ford
Instructor
Josh, a native of Georgia, joined AIDT Maritime Training Center in March 2024. Along with 2 years in the Army, Josh has 14 years of welding experience. Prior to joining AIDT Maritime Training Center, he worked at Huntington Ingalls. Josh is certified to teach NCCER Core and Structural Welding, overhead crane and lift classes.
Fred Irvin
Instructor
Fred is a Mobile, Alabama native with over 25 years of professional welding experience and 15 years of specialized fitting expertise. He joined the AIDT Maritime Training Center in 2026 following a successful career with local fabrication shops in Mobile—including Alafab, General Marine Sheetmetal, and Myers Marine—and premier shipyards like Austal USA and Aker Shipyard in Pennsylvania. His extensive fabrication and shipyard background allows him to translate decades of hands-on expertise into high-impact classroom instruction.
Davey Miller
Instructor
Davey, a Mobile Alabama native, has 12 years of experience in the maritime industry. He worked at Austal prior to joining AIDT Maritime Training Center in October 2024. Davey is certified to teach NCCER Core, Maritime Structural Fitter, Structural Welding, Maritime Pipe Fitting, overhead crane and lift classes.
Justin Murphree
Instructor
Justin is a Mississippi native with 22 years of fitting/welding experience. Prior to joining AIDT Maritime Training Center, Justin worked at Austal. Justin is certified to teach NCCER Core, Maritime Structural Fitter, Structural Welding, overhead crane and lift classes.
Will Mohler
Instructor
Will, who was born in Mobile and raised in Fairhope, AL, joined the AIDT Maritime Training Center in October 2026, bringing 16 years of trade experience to the team. Will's career began right here in 2010 when he went through the AIDT training program for Austal at Brookley Field. Since then, he has mastered a wide range of skills across shipbuilding, boilermaking, production welding, and decorative ironwork. He is excited to return to his roots and share his deep industry knowledge with AIDT students.
Michael Seaman
Instructor
Michael, a native of Moss Point, MS, joined AIDT Maritime Training Center in October 2026. After starting his career from the ground up as a helper, he decided to specialize in the precise art of welding rather than fitting. His extensive background spans major projects across the oil, gas, and maritime sectors, including time with Wiltew LLC in Semmes, AL. He now channels his expertise into instructing welding classes.
Divinior Sewell
Instructor
Devinior, a native of Mobile, AL, joined the AIDT Maritime Training Center in October 2026, bringing 14 years of industry experience to the program. Driven by the artistic satisfaction of creating something from nothing, he learned his trade entirely on the job. He gained these valuable skills firsthand while working at Austal USA. He now brings that passion and field expertise to instructing AIDT’s fitting and welding classes.
Paul Worthy
Instructor
Paul, a native of Mobile, Alabama, has 24 years of fitting/welding experience. He is certified to teach NCCER Core, Maritime Structural Fitter, Structural Welding, overhead crane and lift classes. Prior to joining AIDT Maritime Training Center in April 2021, he worked at Austal.
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