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Better Welding, Better Career - Part I
Maintenance Evangelist Joel Leonard interviews Ben Kaiser and Adam Ramthun, students at Lincoln Electric Welding School, about their career paths.
Better Welding, Better Career - Part II
Maintenance Evangelist Joel Leonard interviews Ashley Webel, an instructor at Lincoln Electric Welding School, about her career path.
Better Welding, Better Career - Part III
Maintenance Evangelist Joel Leonard interviews Jessica Huffman, student at Lakeland Community College, about her career path.


Can our educational system fill the skills gap?
Joel Leonard advocates funding of quality vocational programs.

Although it's wonderful to receive top leadership support, without activism at the grassroots level, quality vocational programs won't receive the funding they need.


Transforming students into journeymen
Joel Leonard advocates development of Tech Corps.

The feedback I hear from industry is that companies don't mind engaging more apprentices. However their fear of investing time, money and resources in talent that might leave to pursue the journeyman status inhibits true commitment to a future workforce. 

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