Just a brief note of thanks for all the support this year.  We don't always get an opportunity to really see what our work is all about until you finish getting a group ready for the world of work. Anyone in our profession knows the effort required to prepare to step out into the construction trades. 

Students are trained to national standards with curriculum that is industry-driven and developed by the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology and NCCER/AWS S.E.N.S.E. and our instructional methods developed from 40 years as a leader in welding education. External independent inspection and qualification of weld performance test documents are in the hands of each student.  This past spring semester completes eleven sections of courses for students from our community and out of state.

photo of the Spring 2007 Thursday night class of AWCIWT (Arizona Western College Institute of Welding Technology) welding students who completed welder certification to the American Welding Society Structural Steel Welding Code [AWS D1.1].

The picture tells it all!  These students trained with state-of- the-art equipment provided by program partners and community resources.  Students certified exclusively with Hobart electrodes. 

AWCIWT: Doing our part to keep America Strong, one welder at a time.

~Samuel Colton
Professor of Welding
Technical Programs Coordinator
Arizona Western College
www.azwestern.edu

I am an alumni of Hobart Institute.  I have had many jobs as a welder.  Currently, I am a union welding.  I would like to read more about union work through, for, or about Hobart’s grads. 

~ Richard Oglesby, Virginia Beach, VA

I enjoy The World of Welding very much.  It’s more awesome every time I read it.  They are wrapping up scrubber projects at the power plants here.  Plus there are units under construction at another power plant.  The utility here is hiring pipe welders and maintenance welders.  Right now there is a lot of work for welders.  Keep up the good job and keep The World of Welding coming.  Thanks!

 ~ Mike Dever, Manchester, OH