Texas High School Welding Series Competition

Build-Off

November 20^th

Lewisville, TX

The Texas High School Welding Series organization is holding a “Build-off Competition” in Lewisville Texas at the Northern Tool Store located at 2428B S. Stemmons Fwy, Lewisville, TX 75067. If you missed the high school welding competition in Alvarado last month, this is a great opportunity to come out and see these contestants’ skills firsthand. These are high-school seniors who will be graduating next may and looking for employment, if you are needing young fresh talent in your shop, this is an opportunity you shouldn’t pass up.

They need some help with monitoring the competitors, judging and material donations. If you are interested in helping out in any way, contact Eric Pesak at [email protected] to coordinate with him. The North Texas Section board attended the competition last month and we had a blast with that event. It was a positively charged event with 156 competitors showing their skills and learning from experts on how to improve their skills. We all know of the shortages in skilled labor, it’s nice  to see competitions like this in our field and we need to encourage these youngsters as much as we can.

The materials they need donated are:

3/16” plate
11 ga x 1-1/2” x 1-1/2” square tubing x 24’
4’ of 1/4” solid round bar
1/4” chain

Here is what they are building:

These competitions have been going on in the South Texas Section for the past 6 years. Now, it’s our turn here in the North Texas Section to step up to the challenge and provide help and invest in our welding students and show them encouragement.

Paul

Paul Stanglin
North Texas Section Chairman
North Texas Scholarship Chairman
North Texas Certification Chairman

Section Scholarships

The Tim Hatten CWI/CWEng Scholarship is available for all North Texas Section Members who are interested in advancing their carriers and taking the next step. Visit the North Texas website at https://awssection.com/northtexas/scholarships/ to print out the application. Return a copy to Nazdhia and to the North Texas Section at [email protected] for committee review. We are offering up to two (2) scholarships annually, this is a $2,500.00 package for qualified individuals.

About the AWS North Texas Section:

The AWS North Texas Section currently serves 935 members across the following area:

In Texas to include Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Haskell, Jones, Taylor, Runnels, Concho, McCulloch, Coleman, Callahan, Shackelford, Throckmorton, Baylor, Wilbarger, Wichita, Archer, Young, Stephens, Eastland, Brown, Comanche, Earth, Palo Pinto, Jack, Clay, Montague, Wise, Parker, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Tarrant, Denton, Cooke, Grayson, Collin, Rockwall, Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Henderson, Van Zandt, Navarro and Rains Counties.

Visit the AWS North Texas Section website to learn more.