Todd Horseman and the company that employs him is benefiting daily from a course he took and an exam he passed to become a Certified Welding Inspector.  In June 2002, Todd enrolled in the Preparation for the AWS (CWI/CWE) Welding Inspector/Educator Examination course at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology and passed the six-hour American Welding Society examination. 

“The training and certification has helped me a great deal because I am the only one in our plant that is a CWI and I am called upon almost daily to examine various welds,” says Todd.

Todd is the second shift Skill Trades Leader supervising seventeen employees at the Michigan automotive plant that employs three to four hundred people.  He is responsible for welding training of technicians, and supervision of toolmakers, robotic welders, and CMM.  Todd has been with the company over five years and received his training through the four-year Weld Fixture Repair apprenticeship program with the United Auto Workers at Washtenaw Community College, along with specific equipment manufacturer training in robotics.

“My company was considering phasing out the CWI requirement, but I felt it would be good for me to have it for my job,” Todd comments.

This automotive plant is responsible for manufacturing automobile frames.

Todd lives in Michigan with his wife and three children, ages six through eighteen.  He enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time.