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December Newsletter
SECTION NEWSIn this issue…. 1. Section Meeting………………………….Page 2 2. Last Section Meeting….…………………Page 3 3. AWS CWI Seminar……..………………..Page 6 4. Job Openings…………………………….Page 7 5. Industry Events…………………………..Page 8
To our industry partners: Thank you for your continued support!!!!!
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1. SECTION ANNUAL MEETING
Meeting date: 01/19/2018 at 5:30 PMLocation: Old Spaghetti Factory 1431 Buena Vista St, Duarte, CA 91010Subject: Section Annual Meeting - all members are welcome to attend and participate. Our Section is looking for volunteers who want to contribute to the Section’s Education Committee, Certification Committee and other available positions within the Section’s board.RSVP is required (not optional). Email [email protected]
Agenda1. Call to Order2. Introduction of Members and Guests3. Adoption of Agenda - Changes or Additions4. Section Officer Elections
4.1. “Regular Nominees”: Tim Baber & David Thrasher for Education Committee, Michael Case for Program Committee
4.2. “Nominees by Petition” for other available Section Officer positions. For a list of section Officer positions please refer to the “AWS Manual of Operations for Sections and Divisions”
4.3.https://www.aws.org/library/doclib/AWS-Manual-of-Operations-for-Sections-and-Divisions.pdf5. Chairman Report
5.1.FABTECH highlights:5.1.1.AWS Board of Directors Meeting5.1.2.AWS global strategy presentation5.1.3.AWS Foundation update5.1.4.AWS Education Committee update
6. New business6.1.Discuss Section Goals
6.1.1.Establishing an Education Committee with a purpose to help standardize welding education, with an objective to tie welder training to industry standards (Welding Codes)
6.1.2.Establishing a Certification Committee with a purpose to help improve AWS Certification Programs with the objective to tie certification with education
6.1.3.Establishing a Scholarship Committee with the purpose of awarding Scholarships with an objective to assist recipients to achieve their career goals, improving the workforce
6.1.4.Establishing Industry Partners to network with an objective of bridging the gap between employers and skilled workforce, and to raise funds to achieve Section Goals
7. Adjourn
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Hello readers! I’m Mariana Ludmer, the Section’s Chairman, reporting on October’s Section meeting. WHAT A GREAT SUCCESS !!!! I’ve been volunteering with the Section since 2007, and I believe our last meeting broke record attendance!
Approximately 120 people attended our October meeting - a mix of educators, students, industry partners, CWIs, and representatives from schools looking into starting welding programs. The Star of the Show: Efram Abrams - AWS Educational Sales Representative. Efram works at AWS Headquarters in Miami. As Section Chairman, I work closely with many AWS Staff located in Miami, and Efram has been such a great resource for our Section. I met him last year at the Las Vegas FABTECH show, at one of the AWS Receptions, and we discussed so many great ideas to help shape the image of welding, raise the bar in welding education and ways to attract young people into the field. Efram has been with AWS for over 6 years, first working in the Standards
Development department as a secretary to many of the volunteer technical committees tasked with the development and revision of the AWS Welding Specifications, Codes and Recommended Practices. He is responsible for the promotion of the Educational resources that AWS offers. Efram works hard to promote welding education and to continuously improve and add to AWS’s educational resources to accomplish the mission we all share as members of the Society: To advance the science, technology, and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes worldwide.
Efram discussed the many educational resources that AWS has to offer to educational institutions and industry partners. Efram emphasized the importance of setting a National Standard for skill levels in welding programs to ensure that the industries in need of welders are getting a well trained workforce. As such, he discussed the S.E.N.S.E. program for schools. S.E.N.S.E sets a minimum skill level for entry level and advanced level welders, and gives schools he flexibility to build a class curriculum to suits its need and meet the minimum skill level set by S.E.N.S.E. Helping improve class curriculums and helping instructors develop curriculums, AWS has developed an Online Educational Library which contains over 200 modules, over 100 hours of content for all skill levels, covering topics from welding fundamentals, safety, metallurgy and symbols, to professional development courses (which educators can certainly benefit from) such as Destructive Testing, NDT, WPS/PQR preparation, and much more. Another important topic discussed during ’s presentation was the Accredited Testing Facility (ATF) program, an AWS Welder Certification resource that sets the standard. Through ATFs, welders can get a welding certification that is recognized worldwide. ATFs are registered with AWS and and must meet all the requirements of the AWS ATF Program, allowing access to welder certification verification worldwide; providing consistency and uniformity to welder qualification needs. S.E.N.S.E. and ATF programs coupled together grant industry partners certainty that the welder actually had reached the skill level necessary to successfully pass a more standardize system of testing.
2. Last Section Meeting Review
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And the best part is, if you are an educational institution in need of financial help, the AWS Foundation has a new program called AWS Workforce Development Grant. The AWS Foundation has been in charge of fundraising for education at the National level and administering scholarships for many many years, with the goal of increasing the amount of students that enroll and finish welding programs. If you look at the November 2017 edition of the Welding Journal, you will find pages with names of scholarship and fellowship recipients. Impressive! Most recently, the AWS Foundation created a Grants program to help educational institutions improve their welding programs to accommodate a higher number of students and also to help them bring new technology into their programs.The AWS Workforce Development Grant will give a total of $250,000 in 2018 spread amongst 11 schools nationwide. A school can apply for a maximum grant of $25,000, and it has to let AWS Foundation know, through the application, how that money will be spent and how it will benefit the educational program. The AWS Educational resources that I mentioned earlier are very fairly priced, in my opinion. But should you need financial help to bring some of those resources to your school, apply for the grant next year. THANK YOU EFRAM!!!!!!!! I also want to give a shout out to Santa Ana College for hosting this meeting. George Moreno, the lead instructor, graciously accepted to host the meeting on short notice. The Santa Ana College has an AWS Student Chapter, which plays a key role in developing leadership skills amongst student welders to become our future leaders! Depicted here(left to right) are Jeff Davis, San Diego Section, Efram Abrams from AWS Education, Santa Ana Student Chapter Officers and Los Angeles Section Officers. Thank you all of you volunteers for all your efforts and dedication to our section and the Society.
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Also want to give a shout out to Lincoln Electric for their continuous support and partnership with our Section. Lincoln has been graciously donating welding gear and equipment to our Section over many years, has brought their awesome trailer to our events and also contributes tremendously at the National level. Lincoln Electric also donates money to the AWS Foundation to fund Scholarship programs all over the U.S. There are many Lincoln personnel who are Section Officers in the U.S., and AWS Officers, including
Past AWS Presidents. These are all volunteers who put in time, effort and money to support the Society’s mission . Please give a huge round of applause to our biggest supporter: Lincoln Electric!!!!! On behalf of our Section members, and all the students and people who have received so many of your goodies donated over the years, I most sincerely thank you for the continued support. I also want to thank our industry partners, ASNT, AWS PWC (Professional Welder Competition) Committee and Indiana Section, AWS Education, AWS Bookstore, Advanced Weldtec Inc, Fronius, Arigas, ESAB, Miller, Action Gas and Welding Supply, Bradford Derustit,, Maxine Waters Employment Center, Pearl Abrasives, Markal, KH Metals and Supply and Praxair for their continued support. Monetary contributions from our industry partners are the key to our success as a Section, influencing AWS National decisions impacting the industry, enabling youth to become the leaders and welders of tomorrow through Scholarships and Leadership development programs. Our Section has four Scholarships (around $15,000 to be given away each year!). With contribution from these
companies, we invest in AWS members to further their knowledge and skills through the many programs that AWS offers for its volunteers (such as the AWS Instructor’s Institute, AWS Leadership Symposium, AWS Seminars, etc.). With their contributions, we’re helping to address the workforce shortage, improve education and certification programs, and much more - for the benefit of all industries. We look forward to your continued support!!!!!
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3. JOB OPENINGS1) APTIM needs a CWI · Minimum 5 years’ experience in inspection of piping and structural welds as a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) · Inspect proper preparation, size, gaging location, and acceptability of welds; identification marking; operation and current characteristics of welding sets in use. · Inspector to be qualified/certified to perform Magnetic Particle Testing (MT), dye penetrant testing (PT) and visual inspections (VT) in accordance with required standards and specifications. · Preference is to hire local to Lemoore. · Potential 12-18 month assignment on the project site at Lemoore. · Start date would be Feb. 1, 2018 This is a full time opportunity with APTIM that will come with medical benefits, 401K, Vacation and Sick Pay. We pay competitively for the market we are in and the location we are trying to fill. Interested candidates can send resumes to Brad Marks at [email protected] 2) Moderustic needs TIG welders Welder, trainee,TIG a must, we weld 1/16" aluminum and stainless steel. Visit www.Moderustic.com for product details. Please stop by our office to fill out an application or drop off your resume. E mail is preferred before you come in, but if that is all you can, it will be fine. For you to be considered, we would like to meet you. Moderustic 9467 9th street Unit D Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730 (Look for the words GLASS SHOP over our doors) If you have a resume please bring that as well. Welder and or Fabricator possible Trainee also: Sheet metal worker opening also Preliminary Expectations: Welding and/ or fabrication. Must be mechanically inclined with good general tool knowledge, and ideally be aware of how to safely handle Natural and Propane gas (and or we will train). Must be able to do simple math and calculate measurements. Reading a tape measure is mandatory! TIG is a must. You will be tested *Pending Performance, Further Duties May Include Training to assist in fabrication of company products including assisting the lead fabricator with custom projects Metal fabrication very helpful, or you will be trained. Common Sense required! Salary start $13.00 and Depending on experience (DOE) will add value to your wage Work Hours : Monday thru Friday 9:00 to 6:00 Contact: 909 989 6129
For jobs nationwide visit http://jobsinwelding.com
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4. AWS CWI Seminar & ExamThe AWS Official Seminar and Exam was hosted by Los Angeles/Inland Empire Section, held in Lake Elsinore, at California Welding Institute on the first week of December. We look forward to doing this again next Spring & Fall.
On behalf of our Section I want to thank AWS Instructor Carl Tengesdal (from Fargo ND) for doing a good job with the CWI Seminar.
Anyone who attended this Seminar and would like to provide feedback please send email to [email protected]. Our Section’s goal is to see that CWI applicants receive the best education possible.
Sincere thanks to our volunteers Michael Case and George Moore for their help in proctoring the exam. Anyone interested in proctoring future exams please contact us by email [email protected]
Look in our upcoming newsletters for Spring session. To register go to: https://app.aws.org/registrations/prices_schedules.html?_ga=2.170025316.534987568.1513399296-1936093985.1491165967
Seminar Dates: TBD
Exam Date: TBD
Location: California Welding Institute 32081 Corydon St, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
George T Rolla, SCWI, CWE, CW Section’s Certification Committee Chairman
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L.A City Certified Welder Written Exam - Now ONLINE
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