{"id":3548,"date":"2013-05-14T06:52:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T13:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2013-05-14T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:23:00","slug":"20-years-of-flames-sparks-and-melting-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2013\/05\/14\/20-years-of-flames-sparks-and-melting-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Years of Flames, Sparks and Melting Metal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5305\" alt=\"AWS Member Card\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/AWS-Member-Card.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got my AWS membership credential in the mail recently&#8211; I have been a member for 20 years! If you are not familiar with the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org \" target=\"_blank\"> American Welding Society<\/a>. The AWS is the welding professional, standards, and certification organization. I would encourage you to get involved, check out there web site and if you want to know more drop me a line and I would be happy to help you get set up with the benefits of an AWS membership.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the signature from the AWS President&#8211;Nancy Cole! \u00a0First woman president of AWS! \u00a0We&#8217;re interviewing her now for an upcoming feature on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/category\/new-rosies\/\" target=\"_blank\">CarmenElectrode.com where we regularly profile women welders&#8211;the New Rosies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AWS is leading the way in advancing the technology of welding, making membership a great way to stay up-to-date with the latest and greatest (some of which you&#8217;ll find over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\" target=\"_blank\">Arc-Zone.com<\/a>) with the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/wj\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welding Journal<\/a><\/em> magazine, tons of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/technical\/\" target=\"_blank\">Technical Publications<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welding Educational Programs<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/certification\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welding Certification programs<\/a>, it&#8217;s also a great place to mix and mingle with your colleagues in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Each year the AWS holds a trade show,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabtechexpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> FABTECH International and the AWS Welding Show<\/a>, and on the local level you can join your<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/w\/a\/sections.html\" target=\"_blank\"> AWS chapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, if you need to up your skill level&#8211; or you (or someone you know) is interested in getting into the welding industry, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/w\/e\/\" target=\"_blank\">online Welding School Locator<\/a> will get you started. AWS also offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/w\/a\/foundation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">scholarships<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/w\/a\/membership\/stchapters.html?id=DKnZM58A\" target=\"_blank\">welding student chapters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: \u00a0just learned that Nancy Cole is the 2nd woman president of AWS! \u00a0either way, it&#8217;s big news and nice to see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got my AWS membership credential in the mail recently&#8211; I have been a member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,55,22,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-joe-welder","category-welding-education","category-welding-magazines","category-welding-trade-associations","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>20 Years of Flames, Sparks and Melting Metal! 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