Skilled Trades

Think welding is a job only men can do? Think again. Women proved they were deft metal fusers when they helped win WWII. The real Rosie the Riveters welded the munitions, ships and airplanes that were pivotal on the front lines.[1] Seventy-three years later, the nation faces a new crisis and needs women to pick […]

Do you like building and fixing things? Want to get paid for doing it? Then you’ve made the right choice by enrolling in a welding training program, because that’s exactly what a career fusing metal could hold for you. But did you know you could ply the trade in exotic countries, out on the open […]

There is much more to welding than meets the eye. It’s an art form with a lot of different processes. Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) is one of the most well-known and important arc welding processes out there. Developed in the late 1940s, this process is popular in industry thanks to its ease of use, […]

Welding has so many different applications. Construction, manufacturing, and even space exploration all rely on the strong metal joints welding produces. One reason welding has so many applications is that there are over 100 different types of welding processes.[1] By far the most common process, though, is arc welding. In fact, if you learn to […]

So you’ve taken the first steps toward a career in fusing metal and enrolled in welding school. Wise decision! Formal welding training makes your chances of landing a job much likelier.[1] But becoming a metal master is no small feat. Cutting, bending and bonding steel parts doesn’t require just strength, but it also demands a […]