{"id":815,"date":"2026-03-10T14:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/?p=815"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:32:09","slug":"recap-skills-usa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/2026\/03\/10\/recap-skills-usa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Skills USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"815\" class=\"elementor elementor-815\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2921690 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2921690\" 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-e549966\" data-id=\"e549966\" 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-876ebfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"876ebfd\" 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\/10\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Tidewater Community College Workforce Skilled Trades<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 60<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Glenn Morris with Warwick Mechanical<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>This was a Skills USA competition held at TCC Workforce Skilled Trades hosted by Michael Vander Werf. Glenn Morris with Warwick Mechanical collaborated with Leibherr Mining Company and TCC to make the event a success. We would like to thank everyone that supported and participated in this years event to make this an awesome experience for our student welders.<\/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-2d99495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d99495\" 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\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/03\/c919af67-1733-435d-babf-cf6232eca5f0.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"c919af67-1733-435d-babf-cf6232eca5f0\" 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