While Jimmy Byrd has been working as a welder since the age of 18, his daughter Kristin took a very different path before...

Welder Ryan Fincher, 21, of Cedartown, GA finished just short of winning the spot of U.S. representative for the WorldSkills welding competition three years ago. He then...

Welder and artist Melissa Gillespie Davis turned to welding as a career nearly 20 years ago because it didn’t require extensive schooling, paid a good wage, and...

Josie Hunter took a welding class in high school purely by chance, but it didn’t take long for her to realize that she had stumbled onto a...

The welding program at Flint Hills Technical College continues to grow by leaps and bounds, expanding from an 11,000 square foot space to a 14,000 square...

Xcel Strategies is hosting its 2nd annual Xcel Welding Competition at Hutchinson Island by Savannah, Georgia. The event aims to connect men, 15...

Summer Carlson is still in high school, but she has already found her dream job, planning to forge a lifetime career in welding after working as the...

Spokane, Oregon’s beloved artist and educator, sister Paula Mary Turnbull, has passed away after spending years creating iconic welding artwork around town and educating visitors to her...

Kelli Gilliam often went against the normal expectations for her, playing trumpet when all of the girls in her class played flute. When her father asked her...

Each month we hope to feature a brief interview with a welding instructor at a community college, trade school, or high school in order to answer questions...

A military veteran and now welding shop co-owner, Chanda Maldonado is busy recruiting more women to get involved in welding in Chattanooga, TN. She pitches a welding...

A group of manufacturing companies in Georgia have partnered together to present the Manufacturers Education Foundation (MEF) Scholarship to three students at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC)....

The biggest barrier to a career in welding is a lack of training. Many manufacturing and equipment companies are looking for experienced welders who are ready to...

The original Superior Welding Shop in Hutchinson, Kansas is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year and is still going strong. The company was started in 1917 by...

The Pasco County Jail, near Tampa Bay, Florida, has provided a welding class that has kept all of its former students out of jail after release. Over...

This week’s welding roundup has a pile of articles on welding jobs and welding education opportunities. It seems that the word is getting around that careers in...

The visitors to Juneau, Alaska’s waterfront will soon find a massive whale sculpture that was welded in part by Craig Starmer. The project costs $10 million and...

You can find welding just about everywhere you look, not just in fabrication shops. If theaters want to build larger, elaborate sets, they’re going to need welders...

Welder Larry Berg always kept himself busy in his free time with side welding projects while working for 18 years at a company in his home town....

Hazard, Kentucky will be the location of southeastern Kentucky’s first Welding Rodeo on October 23rd. The event will include welding teams from community colleges and local organizations...

If you live in the Pittsburgh area, have a gun, and want to learn how to weld, you can now trade that gun in for welding training...

A recent Gizmodo article featured friction welding for pipes with seemingly otherworldly images and videos of pipes being forced together and then rubbed together so that an...

The coming shortage of welders was highlighted as part of the Harvard Business Review’s latest article about the industries which may or not may not struggle as...

Operation: Arc is a new graphic novel that aims to explain the process and applications of welding to young readers. The book includes full color illustrations, technical...