Event Information
Registration Due by 04/13/23
Entry fee: $20
All registration for this event is through: WeldingSeries.com
Payments can be made the day of the event by cash or check.
Payments can be handled ahead of time through JudgingCard by entering the number of students that you have registered at weldingseries.com
JudgingCard is not our registration system.
More detailed information about the registration process can be found here: Login Information for WeldingSeries.com
If this is your first time to register for a TXHSWS Event and you need a login to WeldingSeries.com, please send an email to register@txhsws.org with your name, school, mailing address and email address to request one.
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Tentative Welding Schedule of Events:
7 am - Registration begins (registration will open 30 minutes before assigned start times)
8 am - Contests Start (Staggered Start Times)
Online Results Posted After the Event
Prizes/Certifications will be mailed or delivered to winners
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Questions email TXHSWS@gmail.com
Event Map & Directions
500 Orange St, Vidor, TX 77662
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View Registrations by Clicking the link Below
THANK YOU FOR COMPETING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE WELDING CERTIFICATION EVENT!
Certification Test Specification Sheets
Free Certification Welding Test - Included in registration fee when you register for welding certification in level 1, 2, 3 or 4! You MUST Register for the Certification Only Test through weldingseries.com - CERT ONLY TEST is a D9.1 - SMAW - 7018 - 2F Fillet Weld
CERTIFICATION TEST
AWS D9.1 - FCAW, 2F Fillet Weld3/16" Plate. 045 E71T-1, 75%Ar/25% CO2
Level 1
Click links below to see the Certification Test Specifications
CERTIFICATION TEST SPEC NO 2
AWS D1.1 - SMAW, 2G Groove Weld, w/ Back3/8" Plate. E7018 ElectrodePlates are 7" long
Level 2
Click links below to see the Certification Test Specifications
CERTIFICATION TEST SPEC NO 3
ASME IX - SMAW, 3G Groove Weld, open root3/8" Plate. E6010,/E7018 ElectrodePlates are 7" long
Level 3
Click links below to see the Certification Test Specifications
CERTIFICATION TEST
AWS D9.1 - SMAW , 5F Pipe to Plate. E7018 Electrode
Level 4
Click links below to see the Certification Test Specifications
IMPORTANT INFO:
All Welding Levels will allow chipping hammers and wire brushes. In addition to that Levels 1&2 will allow battery powered grinders with wire wheels, and Levels 3&4 will allow grinders with wire wheels and grinding disks for light grinding needs.
AWS Membership Opportunity
Sabine Section
Register for an AWS Student Membership during this event and the Sabine Section will cover half of the $15 registration! There are many opportunities that come with Student Membership: Scholarship opportunities, discounts of AWS apparel, access to member forums and job opportunities.
Meet the Welding Machines
Miller CST 280
Used for Lv. 2,3 and 4
Millermatic 251
Used for Lv. 1
See the Facilities
Cutting Contest
Registered Students will earn their way to compete in three rounds of cutting challenges. Challenges my be timed, or for accuracy and/or both. After each round only the top scores will advance to the next rounds challenge.
IMPORTANT: Each individual needs bring their own their own PPE this includes, clear/dark face shield, safety glasses and gloves that are to be worn at all times while in the cutting area.
More details will be published about this event as the date gets closer... so stay tuned!
*All Students that register for a welding certification level are automatically entered for compete in the Cutting Contest Challenge.
Quiz and Tool ID Event
Registered Students are eligible to take the Tool ID and Safety Knowledge Test. This event consists of Identifying 25 tools form the Tool List below and answering 50 question (T/F & Multiple Choice) from the Safety Study Guide Below.
Top 10 winners will be recognized.
More details will be published about this event as the date gets closer... so stay tuned!
*All Students that register for a welding certification level are automatically entered for compete in the Tool ID and Safety Knowledge Test.
Underwater Welding
The Ocean Corp
Students with the best under water weld passes will have the opportunity to earn a Dive Coin that will qualify them for the Underwater Welding and Diving State Event this summer at The Ocean Corp in Houston.
At the State event students will compete for TOC Scholarships and prizes as well as the opportunity to earn an AWS D3.6 Welding Certification.
Scholarships Available
Selected Scholarship Winners will Receive
$3,000 Lincoln Tech Tuition ScholarshipEvent Winners will Receive
$1,000 Lincoln Tech Tuition ScholarshipSeniors will Receive
$500 Lincoln Tech Tuition Scholarship
Selected Scholarship Winners will Receive
$1,000 Tulsa Welding Tuition Scholarhip$2,000 Tulsa Welding Tuition ScholarhipJunior and Senior Competitors will Receive
$500 Tulsa Welding Tuition ScholarhipAwards, Prizes and Donations
Thank you to The American Welding Society Foundation for providing auto-darkening welding helmets, courtesy of Jackson Safety, for this Welding Certification Event!
10 Jackson Welding Hoods
Prizes
Prizes
Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the
"4th Annual Vidor Welding Certification Event"
Thursday, April 21st
ALEX DEHART
