O’NEILL — High school students enrolled in welding classes at Northeast Community College in O’Neill put their skills to the test in a competition at the end of the academic year. Eleven students performed nine different shielded metal arc welds (SMAW) in welding booths in the lab during the Fridays @ Northeast second... read full story
"Most of the students' hands-on experience in class is completed while in a welding booth in a controlled environment, but working as a welder often requires the job to be completed out in the wind and elements,"