On Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, Edna High School students placed first and second in a Welding Cup organized and hosted by Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas at the company’s Training &Development Center in Point Comfort, Texas.
Thirty-four students from Calhoun High School, Edna High School, Ganado High School, Palacios Junior Senior High School, Victoria East High School and Victoria West High School participated in the event.
“The purpose of the Welding Cup is to give students an opportunity to enhance their welding skills while also exposing them to an industrial environment. Additionally, this contest will help peak interest in welding and we can share information about Formosa’s welding program and available job opportunities,” said Dakota Stockman, Formosa Plastics Training Coordinator.
Students not only learn more about the welding profession, but earn a chance to win new welding hoods and equipment bags filled with tools to further support their development, which is made possible by numerous sponsors.
The Welding Cup included two competitions to test skills in how to weld a vertical open root groove weld and vertical fillet (T-joint) weld.
For the Fillet Weld Competition, Riley Allen won first place and Grayson Davis won second place. For the Plate Groove Weld Competition, Brant Peters won second place.
Stockman said, “Edna High School has an impressive welding program and we are happy to see their commitment to teaching welding.”
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