{"id":289,"date":"2025-03-11T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/?p=289"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:09:05","slug":"recap-pa-state-skills-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/2025\/03\/11\/recap-pa-state-skills-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: PA State Skills Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"289\" class=\"elementor elementor-289\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-270a186 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"270a186\" 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-447b8d1\" data-id=\"447b8d1\" 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-05f246a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05f246a\" 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> 03\/11\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport PA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 44 competitors, 15 instructors\/advisors, 15 Judges<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>PA Skills state competition for both solo and team building was held at Penn College. The all day event challenged the team building competitors to make two large material baskets while the solo competitors were challenge with numerous projects in SMAW, GMAW, FCAW and GTAW (Aluminum).<\/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-f742d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f742d06\" 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\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2025\/03\/25_031125_70001.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"25_031125_70001\" 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competition<\/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-c742e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c742e7b\" 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\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2025\/03\/25_031125_70002.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"25_031125_70002\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjI5OCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9jZW50cmFscGVublwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzEzNFwvMjAyNVwvMDNcLzI1XzAzMTEyNV83MDAwMi5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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project.<\/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-185d0de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"185d0de\" 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\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2025\/03\/IMG_6387-rotated.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_6387\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjMyMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9jZW50cmFscGVublwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzEzNFwvMjAyNVwvMDNcL0lNR182Mzg3LXJvdGF0ZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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