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hiwt@welding.org HOBART INSTITUTE OF WELDING TECHNOLOGY

aWs eMployees reCeiVe Hands-on Welding

training at Hobart

By Cindy Weihl
American Welding Society

When American Welding Society (AWS) employees Efram
Abrams and Stephen Borrero pour over notes from their last
technical meeting, they now have a new appreciation for the
welding processes they are writing about.

In September, Abrams and Borrero attended the Welding for
the Non-Welder course that the Hobart Institute of Welding
offers. The class provided the two AWS standard program
managers with a hands-on understanding of the major welding
processes.

“We now have a visual knowledge of what’s in the documents
we’re producing,” said Borrero. “Putting on our safety gear, Efram Abrams and Stephen Borrero of the Technical Services
grabbing a torch and turning our practical knowledge into a Department at American Welding Society benefit from hands-on
welding experience provided in the Welding for the Nonwelding
hands-on experience really gave us a better understanding of Course at Hobart Institute.
what welding entails and a greater appreciation of the skill that
welders must possess.”

Technical committees develop and maintain codes,
specifications, and recommended practices, among other
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Abrams and Borrero assist in the production of AWS technical Celebrating 93 Years In The Miami Valley
standards and other publications; they also field questions
from callers about their respective standards. Abrams is Your Complete, One Stop
in charge of the C1 Committee on Resistance Welding, C2
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The four day course at Hobart was suggested to them by their
supervisor, Andrew Davis, managing director of technical Open 7:30 - 5:00 M-F & 8:00 - Noon Saturday
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