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1901 East 86th St
Indianapolis, In 46240
Phone (317) 259-5265
Fax (317) 259-5298

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On April 12, 2006 Eric Cooper took a team of five students to compete in the American Welding Society Mid-West Welding Invitational. The five students were Billy Lewis, SMAW, Josh Turner, GMAW, Adrian Roark, Theory, Kyle Brent, GTAW, and Dustin Daugherty, FCAW. Kyle Brent took third place in the GTAW portion of the tournament. Josh Turner took fifth place in the GMAW portion of the welding tournament. Overall the team took fourth place out of 22 teams that were there. This is the first time JEL has ever placed in the team standings.

Prerequisite: none

Related College or Technical School Majors: Industrial Management, further Welding Certifications

Job Opportunities: Heavy construction, racing industry, oil industry, self-employed contractor, aircraft maintenance

The intent of this course is to develop skills in all aspects of welding and cutting. Processes include SMAW, GTAW, MIG, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting. Heavy emphasis is placed on hands-on class time.

A sample of first year topics/activities:

Learn Oxy-fuel cutting
Stick welding in all positions
Introduction to MIG welding
Read blueprints and welding symbols
Simple repair jobs and fabrication

A sample of second year topics/activities:

Review stick and MIG welding
TIG welding of stainless steel and aluminum, all positions
Advanced projects and fabrications
Portable welding

Supply cost to student: Cost of gloves, safety glasses, work boots

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Megan
Non-Traditional Welding Student
Earns Respect

Megan Pharis is currently the only girl in the J. Everett Light Career Center Welding class, but she is looking forward to welcoming an additional young lady next year. Welding may be considered a non-traditional class for women, but Megan
fits right in.

Megan is a student at Westfield High School and her goal l is to become an architectural engineer, but she knows that the occupation requires a lot of math knowledge. Math isn’t her strong suit, and she isn’t positive that she will be able to handle it.

She selected Welding so that she would have a backup profession if Engineering didn’t work out and because she wanted to know about the components of architecture. She has decided
to stay in Welding for two years because she likes it. “I want to build something,” she says.

What’s it like to be the only girl in a Welding class? “I get a lot of respect,” she says, “because I’m serious about Welding. I’m treated like one of the guys.” Megan says that she likes
Welding because she gets to work by herself in a hands-on course. She also says that Instructor Eric Cooper is a really good teacher.

Megan will be attending the national Skills U.S.A. Championships in Kansas City, Missouri, in June as a member of the Courtesy Corps.

Mr. Cooper and fellow student Ross Games of Noblesville will attend with her. As a member of the Courtesy Corps, they will make sure both judges and contestants have everything they
need for the competition. In her spare time, Megan is a hip/hop and jazz dancer and competes as a member of Westfield’s JamRocks.

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