{"id":681,"date":"2026-05-01T18:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/?p=681"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:48:17","slug":"recap-massachusetts-skills-usa-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/2026\/05\/01\/recap-massachusetts-skills-usa-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Massachusetts Skills USA Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"681\" class=\"elementor elementor-681\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b53168 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b53168\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e2df44\" data-id=\"8e2df44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e2d45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e2d45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 05\/01\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 50<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday May 1m 2026 the top twelve Massachusetts technical high school students competed in the annual USA Skills welding competition. The students were tested on Oxy Fuel Cutting, SMAW,GMAW,FCAW and GTAW processes. The winner will compete at the national Skills conference in Atlanta, Georgia June 1-5 2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b80c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10b80c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0597_edited.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_0597_edited\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjY4NyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9ib3N0b25cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8yN1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcL0lNR18wNTk3X2VkaXRlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0597_edited-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-687\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0597_edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0597_edited-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Massachusetts Skill USA Welding competitors<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-175a069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"175a069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0600.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_0600\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjY5MyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9ib3N0b25cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8yN1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcL0lNR18wNjAwLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-693\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0600-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/boston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/05\/IMG_0600-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The team that planned, coordinated and judged the competition from left to right. 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