EHOVE Career Center welders earn AWS certifications

EHOVE Manufacturing Tech student Mike Kitko ( N. London) tries out the fence mounted hitting station fabricated in his class. Tyler Colvin ( Monroeville) is pictured at right.

The batting station was made from a length of conduit to which a threaded spinning tether was welded. The project required precision machining on the lathe and milling machine.

Manufacturing Tech is a two-year program that provides graduates with skills in basic welding, machining and computer- aided drawing. Students will select one program (welding or machine trades) to be their primary major in their senior year. Machining instructor is Dick Starcher and Welding instructor is Chuck Livermore.

Several juniors enrolled in the Manufacturing Tech program at EHOVE Career Center recently met American Welding Society (AWS) standards and passed requirements to earn one -inch V groove Flux Core, 1 inch V groove shielded metal arc welding, and 3/8 V groove gas metal arc welding certifications. Herron Testing Facilities in Cleveland performed the testing.

Students pictured are:
Front: Josh McGuire (Perkins)
Middle: Mike Kitko (N. London): Nick Toth (Margaretta); Dustin Anthony ( N. London): and Kyle Joyce (Kelleys Is.)
Back: Ken Clagett (S. Central)

Manufacturing Tech is a two-year program that provides graduates with skills in basic welding, machining and computer- aided drawing. Students will select one program (welding or machine trades) to be their primary major in their senior year. Welding instructor is Chuck Livermore.