{"id":1942,"date":"2010-04-07T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2010-03-23T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T19:08:05","slug":"welding-in-guernsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2010\/04\/07\/welding-in-guernsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding in Guernsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geography quiz time! \u00a0Where is Guernsey? \u00a0I&#8217;ll give you a hint: it&#8217;s one of the Channel Islands (and no, we&#8217;re not talking about the ones off the coast of California&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Give up? \u00a0Here you go:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guernsey\" target=\"_blank\">Guernsey<\/a>. \u00a0How&#8217;s that for an exotic locale? \u00a0And what do ya know &#8211; there are welders there too!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Challenging the world&#8217;s welders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> A group of apprentices from the College of Further Education are challenging the best welders in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/guernsey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1944\" title=\"guernsey\" src=\"\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/guernsey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Three fourth year students hope their welding skills will allow them to reach the world final of the SkillWeld competition in London in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Guernsey man James Le Lievre was a UK finalist in the contest in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>John Semenowicz, the programme manager for engineering at the college, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re talking about students in the premier league of welding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Channel Island heat of the SkillWeld competition took place at the College of FE&#8217;s workshop in March 2010 as Guernsey&#8217;s three entrants became part of the 170 from across the UK who are competing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/local\/guernsey\/hi\/people_and_places\/arts_and_culture\/newsid_8552000\/8552061.stm\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUE READING ONLINE -&gt;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geography quiz time! \u00a0Where is Guernsey? \u00a0I&#8217;ll give you a hint: it&#8217;s one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-education","category-welding-industry-news","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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