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Stanley Brock Joins Hobart Institute Ask An Employer . . . GE Aviation

Troy, OH November 9, 2015, What is the frst thing you look when you are reviewing
- Hobart Institute of Welding resumes?
Technology (HIWT) has added a I look for GTAW on the resume and years of experience
Director of Corporate Services with it.
to their staff. Stanley Brocks
areas of responsibilities include What are looking for when hiring welders?
management of the Technical Someone that fulflled the above question and can pass
Training and Certifcation my weld assessment, along with a good attendance
Services staff and functions. history and great attitude.
What types of questions do you ask in an interview?
Stanley comes to HIWT from A broad range, but things like scenario questions(ex.
Cleburne Welding and Industrial Have you ever encountered this xxxx and how did you
Supply, a division of DuPuy react to it). Also a lot of questions involving a teaming
Oxygen, where he served as the mindset. And standard questions about welding and
Branch Manager & Business
Stanley Brock Development Manager. For 11 troubleshooting their welding process.
years prior, Stanley performed a Business Development role at R&M What are some of the skills and abilities necessary for
Welding Products in Wilder, KY. Stanley also served as Welding someone to succeed in this job?
Operations Manager at Keener Corporation in Connersville, IN. First would obviously be good Tig skills and a very good
attention to detail. I would also say having some true
Stanley is a Journeyman Welder for International Association of humbleness is a good attribute, because new hires really
Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers since need to listen and learn from our veteran welders on
1998. fabrication and welding tricks of our specifc trade.
Could you tell me about your training program?
Stanley is a 1997 Graduate of HIWT 9 month Combination What are some of the typical career paths followed by
Structural & Pipe Welding Program and holds a Masters in Business others who have started out as welders? Our training
Administration in Accounting from Indiana Wesleyan University. program lasts anywhere from 3-10 weeks depending
on how quick they learn. It starts with certifcation and
Stanley, his wife Michele and son Jonathan will be relocating to then goes into what we call our fnishing school.
Troy from the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area. Which is where we train them generically on our specs
and procedures, how to use our equipment safely and
correctly, and also train them on some of the hardware
families they will be building in their determined work
area. On the second question..Some of the career
paths are almost the sky is the limit statement. We
Update on Zach Hastings have plant managers that started here as welders.
Engineering techs, quality techs, lean manufacturing
techs, cell supervisors, and EHS(environmental health
Zach captured a National Title and safety) techs are all other avenues that people can
at the 2015 National Future get into here at GE Aviation
Farmers of America Convention
in Louisville, Kentucky. Zach won
for the Agricultural mechanics
Repair and maintenance
Entrepreneurship.

Zach is a senior at Covington
High School, and will be
spending his summer break
taking welding classes at HIWT.

Zach Hastings Zach is the son of Mark Hastings.
Mark is the Certifcation Testing
Specialist for HIWT.

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