Fifth Annual Welding Rodeo Set to Return to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播
The Welding Technology Department of the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 College of Business and Industry will host its annual Welding
Rodeo on Friday, March 31, 2023.
Sixty high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors from nine different school districts
in the River Valley will compete in this year鈥檚 Welding Rodeo, which returns to the
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 鈥 Fort Smith campus for the fifth spring in a row. Welding
students enrolled in the Western Arkansas Technical Center (WATC) will serve as group leaders throughout the event.
Students will be divided into four groups and given a tour of the Baldor Center鈥檚
Welding lab, complete a written general knowledge test, and complete two welding techniques,
arc welding and metal inert gas (MIG) welding. Both techniques will allow students
to display their welding abilities by welding a T-joint in a vertical position.
Facing a limited amount of time and needing to complete multiple passes, students
will be put to the test and judged by visual inspection following American Welding
Society guidelines. Winners will be announced at the end of the Welding Rodeo, with
prizes given to the top three students. The winner will receive a torch set, welding
hood, grinder, tool bag with tools, and a $2,000 scholarship to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播. The runner-up
will receive a welding hood, grinder, tool bag with tools, and a $1,500 scholarship
to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and third place will receive a welding hood and grinder and a $1,000 scholarship
to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播.
Technical instructor Jason Keyes says that aside from the competition and prizes,
technical the return of the Welding Rodeo helps bring awareness to the welding program
at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, gives prospective students a chance to see the shop and facility, and gain
insight into opportunities available to graduates.
鈥淓veryone is looking for welders, and they can鈥檛 get enough of them,鈥 explains Keyes.
鈥淲e want to show kids the program and its benefit if they come to school here and
an idea of what could be outside of school.鈥
However, the day involves more than just demonstrating practical or hands-on welding
knowledge.
All students will have a designated time to meet with local employers. Keyes recalled
the first year of the Welding Rodeo only having 鈥渢wo or three vendors show up from
local industry.鈥 Yet, in the years following, the number has grown substantially,
which Keyes says shows the value of the event and helps students get a job in the
industry before they even graduate.
Students enrolled in WATC interested in welding can complete an associate degree from
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 at no cost while still in high school, graduating with a valuable credential
and high-demand right out of the classroom.
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