{"id":91,"date":"2019-06-21T14:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/northwest\/?p=91"},"modified":"2019-07-12T19:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T19:41:36","slug":"2019-behind-the-mask-welding-competition-is-best-attended-in-history-of-northwest-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northwest\/2019\/06\/21\/2019-behind-the-mask-welding-competition-is-best-attended-in-history-of-northwest-section\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 &#8220;Behind the Mask&#8221; Welding Competition is best attended in history of Northwest Section!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"91\" class=\"elementor elementor-91\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72cf7994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72cf7994\" 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-38cf96d\" data-id=\"38cf96d\" 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-60966461 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60966461\" 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\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s Behind the Mask Welding Competition was the best attended in the Northwest Section\u2019s history. We had 152 registered contestants and 30 volunteers that included CWI&#8217;s, Committee Members and Students from Ridgewater College. GMAW, SMAW, GTAW, and OFC Results are as follows:<br \/><br \/>Schools that participated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ridgewater College \u2013 Hutchinson<\/li>\n<li>Central Lakes College \u2013 Brainerd<\/li>\n<li>Dunwoody College of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Alexandria Technical and Community College<\/li>\n<li>Ridgewater College \u2013 Willmar<\/li>\n<li>Anoka Technical College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>COLLEGE \/ TECHNICAL COLLEGE CONTESTANTS<\/p>\n<p>GTAW:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st Place: Bronson Nistler (Central Lakes College)<br \/>2nd Place: Jack Shaine (Central Lakes College)<br \/>3rd Place: Camron Lhotka (Ridgewater College Hutchinson)<\/p>\n<p><br \/>GMAW:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st Place: Joe Ferdelman (Anoka Technical College)<br \/>2nd Place: Dominic Nistler (Central Lakes College)<br \/>3rd Place: Alex Mounkine (Anoka Technical College)<\/p>\n<p><br \/>SMAW:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st Place: Joe Ferdelman (Anoka Technical College)<br \/>2nd Place: Alex Mounkine (Anoka Technical College)<br \/>3rd Place: Camron Lhotka (Ridgewater College Hutchinson)<\/p>\n<p><br \/>OFC:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st Place: Joe Ferdelman (Anoka Technical College)<br \/>2nd Place: Camron Lhotka (Ridgewater College Hutchinson)<br \/>3rd Place: Kelsey Saba (Central Lakes College)<\/p>\n<p><br \/>INDUSTRY CONTESTANTS<\/p>\n<p><br \/>GTAW:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st Place: Aaron Klaers APT (Advanced Process Technologies, Inc.)<br \/>2nd Place: Adam Young APT (Advanced Process Technologies, Inc.)<br \/>OFC:<br \/>2nd Place: Keegan Rufer<\/p>\n<p><br \/>PRIZES AWARDED:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st Place: $150.00<br \/>2nd Place: $100.00<br \/>3rd Place: $75.00<\/p>\n<p><br \/>In addition, APT (Advanced Process Technologies, Inc) donated $1,500 to the section to apply toward our scholarship fund. <br \/><br \/>Several vendors set-up booths at the event, at which the contestants could visit and learn more about jobs and the welding industry. <br \/><br \/>Dunwoody College of Technology came to the event with a Welding Trivia Game, which all of the contestants got to participate in \u2013 it kept everyone interested and tested their welding knowledge too!!!<br \/><br \/>In addition, there was a raffle of over $8,000 of value in welding prizes\/equipment. Top prize was a Rebel welder donated by ESAB.<br \/><br \/>Last, but not least, we had a razor blade competition, where in the welders had to join 2 razor blades together without filler metal \u2013 and the best looking weld won. 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