Six years after the start of a deep recession and a growing call for more middle-class manufacturing jobs, one American industry is tackling workforce development in a unique way. Welding is courting ...

The role: Welders are experts at fusing together metals for construction and manufacturing projects. There are a wide variety of methods, materials, tools and applications for welding, and the role of ...

Ohio had about 1,810 welders in 2010 and ranked within the top states for welder employment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The educational requirements to work as a welder vary by ...

Thirteen female students are helping to blaze a new career path for women in the welding profession thanks to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). This semester GNTC Welding and Joining ...

Company leaders said the expansion comes as manufacturers across the country face a growing shortage of skilled welders and machinists.

Trades are quietly outpacing university degrees in the race for financial stability, and the numbers back it up. Skilled welders in Canada are walking into starting salaries of $55,000 or more, with ...

When Tori Shekastehband talks about welding, the first thing she says is her mother was right. "My mom suggested I take up welding," she said, while speaking at the Aiken Technical College Scholarship ...

In the spring of 2012, discouraged by his lack of prospects in Ontario, Michael Reid uprooted himself from Sarnia and hit the road for Saskatchewan, where farm equipment manufacturer Morris Industries ...