{"id":3169,"date":"2013-05-15T07:36:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T14:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2013-05-13T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T17:47:33","slug":"next-generation-of-women-welders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2013\/05\/15\/next-generation-of-women-welders\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Generation of Women Welders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/jessicombs.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"172\" \/>Fabricator and t.v. personality <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2008\/12\/18\/from-the-black-hills-to-the-baja-1000\/\">Jessi <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2008\/12\/18\/from-the-black-hills-to-the-baja-1000\/\">Combs\u00a0(featured on this blog in 2008) <\/a>continues to inspire women to get into welding as a career at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA. \u00a0The college recently held an event, Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW), to introduce women to a variety of career options from automotive, drafting and engineering, to welding.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2010\/02\/22\/after-all-it-isnt-rocket-science\/leftquote\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1756\" alt=\"leftquote\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/leftquote.jpg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>In the Welding lab, girls bent metal into vases and welded the sides together, attached a metal flower in the vase and then painted them. The girls also connected via Skype with\u00a0<a title=\"Jessi Combs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jessicombs.com\/\">Jessi Combs<\/a>, welder, fabricator and television personality appearing on All Girls Garage and Overhaulin\u2019 as a host and \u2018A-Team\u2019 hybrid member on the Velocity Channel. Combs encouraged the girls and told them that there are fantastic opportunities in welding although they need to be prepared for some\u00a0chauvinism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a fabricator is fun, amazing and empowering but you\u2019ll need to put on your thick skin to face opposition on a daily basis,\u201d said Combs. \u201cYou can accomplish anything, if you are focused and determined, believe in yourself, and get education and certifications that will give you\u00a0confidence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/business\/prweb\/article\/Sierra-College-Nontraditional-STEM-Event-Inspires-4491995.php#ixzz2TCAZh33N\">http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/business\/prweb\/article\/Sierra-College-Nontraditional-STEM-Event-Inspires-4491995.php#ixzz2TCAZh33N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How are you inspiring women to get into welding? \u00a0What advice would you offer?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabricator and t.v. personality Jessi Combs\u00a0(featured on this blog in 2008) continues to inspire women [&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":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-rosies","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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