{"id":16,"date":"2018-10-04T18:07:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T18:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/north-ctrl-florida\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:27:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/north-ctrl-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41d2bd88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41d2bd88\" 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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>CHAIR<\/strong><br>Jennifer Skyles<br><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>1ST VICE CHAIR<\/strong><br>Rob Downin, CWI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>SECRETARY<\/strong><br>Lauren Utman <br><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>TREASURER<\/strong><br>Chris Utman, CWI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-envelope-open-text\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>CONTACT<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:4bward@gmail.com\">Email<\/a> the AWS North Central Florida Section <br><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5167daab\" data-id=\"5167daab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" 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All job-seeking welders, fabricators and students are encouraged to attend.\u00a0 Refreshments will be provided! \ud83d\udcc5Date &amp; Time:\u00a0Tuesday, April 28 from 6PM &#8211; 8PM \u27a1\ufe0fEmployers please<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/north-ctrl-florida\/2026\/04\/08\/4th-annual-job-fair-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 4th Annual Job Fair 2026\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-465 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/north-ctrl-florida\/2026\/02\/26\/section-meeting-with-sculptor-demonstration-by-david-madero-3-31\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSection Meeting with Sculptor Demonstration by David Madero 3\/31\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 26, 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The North Central Florida Section 188 and Uniweld presents World Renowned Metal Artist:\u00a0David Madero on Tuesday, March 31 at 5PM!\u00a0 Madero is a very talented sculptor and welding artist! He was a cohost and judge for Metal Shop Masters on Netflix. There will be<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/north-ctrl-florida\/2026\/02\/26\/section-meeting-with-sculptor-demonstration-by-david-madero-3-31\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Section Meeting with Sculptor Demonstration by David Madero 3\/31\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-load-more-anchor\" data-page=\"1\" data-max-page=\"15\" data-next-page=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/north-ctrl-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/page\/2\/\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-pagination\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"page-numbers prev\">&laquo; Previous<\/span>\n<span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\"><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Page<\/span>1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" 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