Welders Without Borders NEW Year. New Beginnings

Audio Only-MK Products with Jaime Torres at the 2024 Welders Without Borders Welding Thunder Team Fabrication Competition in Buckeye Arizona at the West-MEC Southwest Campus.

A grateful first 2024 podcast episode and shout out to all our many global listeners. Announcement that the annual Welders Without Borders Welding Thunder Team Fabrication Competition is scheduled for November 22nd & 23rd at West-MEC Buckeye Southwest Campus in Arizona.

Conversation about this year’s Welding Thunder Team Fabrication Competition. The theme is “Prom Perfect” and the project is a special arch for taking pictures under.

Conversation about how important health is to a welder’s career. Health risks of consuming alcohol and tobacco are to a welders well being.

A walk through on the set-up and shutdown of a Oxy-fuel welding and cutting apparatus. Shout out to Arizona Bagdad Schools welding students who are competing at the Arizona state wrestling championship.

Shout out to all our listeners worldwide and encouraging them to make the world a better place by living their best lives and to weld with the passion of other great musicians and performers. Welding is our instrument and what we create matters.

01/2020. Interview with Arizona Western College Ernest Lopez Welding Institutes lab technician and adjunct robotics professor Mr. Pedro Ordaz. We talk about his journey in welding education and Welding Thunder.

02/2020 Another installment in our leadership in education interview series where we discuss with students and leaders how the community college experience continues to define the technical education degree pathway. Arizona Western College continues to demonstrate that when a college serves its local community, it becomes an active contributor to the global community.

Some sound advice to high school students and parents about choosing a CTE program while in high school.

A fun interview at Texas Roadhouse after a long day of travel and making a presentation at a nearby community college.

Interview with Eric Shippen Area Sales Manager for FRONIUS at the 2021 WWB Welding Thunder at West-MEC Buckeye Arizona 11/20/2021

Interview with METABO West Coast End User Specialist Jeff Horton and Austin Horton Sales Representative at WWB Welding Thunder 2021

Updating with UA LU#469 Journeyman Welder Trisha Haswood at the 2021 WWB Welding Thunder Team Fabrication event.

Interview about this years WWB Welding Thunder 2021 at West-MEC

Interview with Regg from CAID Inc about this years Welding Thunder event

Welders Without Borders founder Professor Samuel Colton shares some important thoughts and comments as he prepares to attend this weeks event at West-MEC in Buckeye Arizona November 19th & 20th. 👍😎🇺🇸🙏

Great discussion on the value of membership in the American Welding Society, networking with the MagneGas team and a visit to “Weld Like a Girl” in Yuma Arizona

Message of hope and resolve as we enter year two of a global pandemic. A few WPS bout the uncertainty of the welding workforce’s future, down turn in the energy sector and the new US administration and President.

A discussion about the importance of establishing welder training programs expected student learning outcomes (W-PSLO’s). W-PSLO’s determine the type of instruction when centered around the use of the appropriate welding standards or code. The program and student learning outcomes are then aligned within the programs construct. Ask the question: Did the students learning out come match the expecta...

A fun and light hearted discussion about fulfilling your wish to become a welder or at least learn to weld.

What is the difference between a qualified welder vs. a certified welder? A few thoughts on both.

A conversation about job security in today’s “new normal” by having skills. Key word”Mechatronics”

Discussing some of the evolution in GTAW power sources and some things to keep in mind when you go to purchase one. A big shout out to East Coast Repair and Fabrication, and congratulations on the very successful tenth annual Virginia Beach Flounder fishing tournament to raise funds for the local Boys and Girls Clubs.

GTAW Electrode classification using the AWS classification system. Shout out to all the welders in Brazil.

GTAW Electrode selection and preparation. Right electrode for the materials being welded. Shout out to all the team at Corona Optique in Yuma Arizona.