The CWB Association Welding Podcast

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! What makes Skills Canada British Columbia unique is its commitment to bala...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! What happens when a community desperately needs tradespeople but is only a...

L'Association de la CWB est ravie de collaborer avec Skills/Compétences Canada dans le cadre d'une série spéciale de balados. Cette année, nous aurons le plaisir d’interviewer les directeurs généraux de Skills Canada de partout au Canada. Écoutez-nous alors que nous explorons leur parcours en matière de compétences et leur engagement à promouvoir les métiers spécialisés dans leurs provin...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! When Chris Browton, Executive Director of Skills Canada Alberta, first sta...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! Discover the hidden powerhouse of skills development on Canada's smal...

The CWB Association hosted this year's annual Welding Industry Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded on-site to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. A special thank you to Cooperheat Equipment for sponsoring this episode! Cooperheat has a dedicated team of professionals and prides itself as the g...

The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. Today's guest is Nick Cotto, a Welding Professional whose journey from a struggling student to a respected Quality Control Inspector challenges conventional wisdom about career pat...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! What happens when a youth from a remote community of 200 people discovers...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! Executive Director, Brandon Villeneuve, pulls back the curtain on the extr...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! The narrative of having to leave the Maritimes to pursue a viable career i...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! Ian Howcroft, Executive Director of Skills Canada Ontario, discusses with...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. Meet Calvin Getchell, a remarkable dual-trade professional whose journey through 12 Skills Canada competitions transformed his career and con...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. Today's guest, Andrew Clarke, Department Head for Skilled Trades at Harbour View High School in New Brunswick, reveals the hidden challe...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! Maria Pacella's remarkable 20-year journey as Executive Director of S...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! Courtney Donovan, Executive Director of Skills Canada New Brunswick, has t...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! Carol Ann Ryan's journey with Skills Canada began with a newspaper ad...

The CWB Association is thrilled to collaborate with Skills/Compétences Canada on a special podcast series. This year, we are excited to interview the Skills Canada Executive Directors from across Canada. Tune in as we explore their skills journey and commitment to promoting skilled trades in their provinces and territories! Krystal Nieckar’s path to becoming Executive Director of Skills Canada Sas...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. In this eye-opening conversation with Ryan Donaghy, Deputy Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development for New Brunswick, we uncove...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. What began as a one-year contract in marketing has evolved into a nine-year journey that's seen Skills New Brunswick grow from reaching...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. Forget everything you thought you knew about welding careers in Eastern Canada. In this eye-opening conversation with Evan Ross, Welding Inst...

The CWB Association is committed to creating a safe space for growth and education to strengthen our membership by encouraging awareness. The LGBTQ2S+ community is a vibrant and essential part of the welding industry across Canada. June is Pride Month, and we encourage you to actively promote and engage in equality, inclusion, and diversity as a priority all year long.  In today's episode, we...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. What happens when football dreams transform into a welding career? In this captivating conversation, Adam Stead reveals his remarkable journe...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. What does it take for a woman to thrive as a welding inspector at one of North America's largest oil refineries? Bella Hicks brings us b...

The CWB Association had the privilege to attend the Skills Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competition in Saint John, NB. Join us as we bring you special episodes recorded in person to advocate for careers in skilled trades and technology across the country. Discover the thriving welding industry in Atlantic Canada as we sit down with Sarah Thorne, a Welding Instructor at New Brunswick Community C...

The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. In today's episode, we welcome Cassie Zinga, sharing her fascinating journey from winning her high school's construction award to briefly studying firefighting before finding...