Randolph Community College Archdale to Host SkillsUSA Welding Competition April 25

Randolph Community College’s Welding Technology program will host a SkillsUSA Welding Competition at the Archdale Center on Thursday, April 25. The daylong event will involve approximately 20 post-secondary student competitors and a four-part competition. It is not open to the public.
           
SkillsUSA Championships is a showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through each state and national levels.
           
For those participating in the Welding SkillsUSA Contests, competitors receive contest drawings and a set of welding procedure specifications. All drawings, welding symbols, and welding terms conform to the latest edition of the American Welding Society standards. Through a series of stations, contestants are tested on various aspects of welding: measuring weld replicas, using weld measuring gauges; laying out a plate and using oxy-acetylene equipment to cut several holes that are checked for accuracy and quality; Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) on steel making welds in various positions using short circuiting transfers; Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) using a shielding gas, making welds in various positions and, using a combination machine capable of providing the correct welding current for shielded metal arc (SMAW) and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). Competitors complete the steel project and weld an aluminum project in various positions using a variety of filler metals.

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