Panelists cite technician vision, training gaps, limited auditing and shop conditions as factors contributing to poor weld quality.

ENFIELD — PTR-Precision Technologies Inc. has built its business on the versatility and efficiency of a slim, high-energy electronic beam that travels through a vacuum to fuse metals together. It’s ...

The amount of exposure to individuals can depend upon work practices, ventilation, and location. Will the work be done in wide open areas, inside a building adjacent to other work processes and people ...

Unions, which cite their long-term investment in training, are scaling up numbers and depth of trained welders. The plumbers and pipefitters union, known as the United Association (UA), says that, ...

When Carley Neustel started at Kirkwood Community College’s diesel program in fall 2024, she was the only woman in a class of ...

Hamshire-Fannett High School partners with local Labelle Company to enhance its welding program.

New facility is roughly twice the size of the previous lab.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a sports enthusiast coming out of school, Dakota Wood wanted to be an athletic trainer. "Oh, shoot. The anatomy aspect of it was a little much for me," Wood said. He found ...

Things are heating up at the plumbers and pipefitters' union local in Augusta, Ga., and it isn't just the members' welding tools. The union is running full tilt to train welders now in short supply to ...