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hiwt@welding.org HOBART INSTITUTE OF WELDING TECHNOLOGY

WELDING…A CAREER UNEXPECTED

By: Janet Piechocki

Alisha Cardanini started from 1/2” up to 6”
classes for the 36-week -- most of which
Combination Structural and is schedule 40.
Pipe Welding Program at He also works
Hobart Institute in August. with schedule 10
It wasn’t her first choice as a and 80 as well.
career but after researching The plant where
the field, she felt it was a very Matt works is a
good choice. To tell Alisha’s nuclear facility
story we must first go back and so the welds have
revisit the story of one of our to be 100% x-ray
alumni, Matthew Andrews. quality. The pay
isn’t bad either.
Matt attended the University of
California Merced, majoring Alisha was in
Matthew Andrews in molecular and cellular contact with Alisha Cardanini
biology. He met Alisha when Edison Welding
she was a freshman and he was a junior and they began dating Institute at the Ohio State University learning more about
for several years. Matt finally graduated in December 2011 the opportunities in welding. After talks with some of the
and had a difficult time finding work in the biotechnology professors there, she was offered an opportunity to do graduate
industry. He started teaching high school geometry, chemistry work at Ohio State. This is still one of the opportunities Alisha
Celebrating 50 years of service to
and physics. Around 2012, a friend of Matt’s mother mentioned is considering but she is also considering a position at Parson’s
Industry providing Tooling, Machining
that there were very good opportunities in the field of welding as well. Right now she is focused on finishing the 36-week
and Special Systems.
and if Matt went to a reputable welding school, he could help Combination Structural and Pipe Welding Program at Hobart
him find a job. Matt researched schools and determined that Institute before she does anything else.
1040 S. Dorset, Troy Ohio 45373 Ph: 937-440-2500 Fax: 937-440-2551
the school he wanted to go to was Hobart Institute of Welding
Technology. Both Matt and Alisha have bright futures ahead of them making
great money because they considered a future in the world of
As Matt progressed through his classes at Hobart, he would welding. We wish them much success in their futures.
frequently tell Alisha about
his experiences and also the
great career opportunities for
women in the field. Alisha
was intrigued so she did
further research. Matt was
getting ready to graduate
from Hobart as Alisha was
getting ready to graduate
from the University of
California Merced with a BS
in Applied Mathematics.

Matt graduated from
Hobartin August 2013 and
went to work for Parson’s
Corporation in Aiken, SC.
He primarily welds stainless Celebrating 50 years of service to Industry
steel grades 304, 308, 309, providing Tooling, Machining and Special Systems.
312 and 316 on pipe ranging
1040 S. Dorset, Troy, Ohio 45373 Ph: 937-440-2500 Fax: 937-440-2551

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