Happy New Year’s Section Members, Friends, and Guests!

American Welding Society Section 174 Northern California would

like to heighten your new year with the opportunity to participate in

educational activities, come make a difference 2020 brings a hoist

of occasions. It your commitment that make the difference; your

contributions is what it takes to make

our mission statement reach our

community and your efforts are

greatly appreciated; we welcome

your support for 2020. Let’s weld for

our future; and build America Strong.

January meeting joint hoisted AWS / ASNT at

American River College

January 09 2020- AWS / ASNT Joint meeting in room 312 American River College 4700 College Oak Dr., Sacramento CA 95841 Melvin’s famous BBQ will

be available for Purchase

January 11th 2020 Skills USA Competition Sierra College details below

January 18 2020 Skills USA Competition

San Jose at the Silicon Valley Career Technical Education Center

January 25, 2020 Skills USA Competition Pasadena City College

February 1, 2020 Skills USA Competition

Riverside Community College

February 8, 2020 Skills USA Competition San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

February 19 2020 - Delta College welding Lab earn PDH’s 5151 Pacific Ave, Stockton Ca 95207 Rm

6 Pm to 8 Pm

February 22, 2020 – Golden Empire Council present Boy Scouting Merit Badge & STEM University

Edward Harris Jr. middle School at 8691 Power in Rd, Elk Grove, Ca 95624 Check in 7 AM To 4:15 PM

http://www.gec-bsa.org/event/merit-stem-university/2609374

March 18 2020- Shasta College April 15 2020 – Sierra College Robotics welding

May 9 2020- Clay Shoot Fundraiser Quail Point Hunt Club Country road 14, Zamora CA 95698

{That’s Woodland CA}

May16 end of year BBQ

Golden Gate Section

Meeting Date: January 9, 2020 This meeting is co-sponsored by the Sacramento AWS Section

Location: IMPORTANT NOTICE!! DIFFERENT LOCATIONAmerican River College (ARC), Room 312,4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento, CA 95841 .Parking is easiest in Lot A (off of Myrtle St.) no parking pass is required ( See

attached map. Please note RSVP instructions below.

Presentation Summary: ASTM E07.03 MT-PT Subcommittee Perspective onPRI-Nadcap MT-PT Checklists

Speaker: George Hopman, Consultant to X-Ray Industries

Biographical Sketch:George Hopman holds ASNT Level 111 Certifications in MT, PT,VT, UT, RT, ET and MFL. He has worked for three years in commercial test labs, Boeing, Honeywell Engines in Phoenix, AZ as an NDT Engineer and

an NDT Lab Consultant for 25 years. George has served as the Chairman for the ASTM E07.03 Subcommittee for Magnetic Particle and Liquid Penetrant since 2007. He and his wife Cindi reside in Glendale, AZ.

We will be providing barbecue for the January Meeting so please RSVP to dave.arms@sbcglobal.net

5-6 pm Meeting Times:Social Hour

6-7 pm Dinner & general meeting

7-8 pm George Hopman, Speaker

Cost: FREE!

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PORTABLE VILLAGE KEY (600’S)Classrooms .............. 600/601/603A/606/609-613

OFFICES NOT ON MAP OFFICE BUILDINGBehav/Soc. Sci. ......................Davies Hall, 3rd floorBus. & Comp. Science ............................. CMC 404English...................................Davies Hall, 3rd floorHealth & Education ...................Health & Ed-SouthHumanities ............................Davies Hall, 3rd floorMathematics .................................... Howard HallPlanning, Research & Technology .................... ITC

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AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento, CA 95841

FALL 2018

MAP REVISED: AUGUST 9, 2018

PARKING INFORMATION

VISITOR PARKINGA visitor parking area with parking meters is located by the Administration Building on College Oak Drive. The cost is 25¢ per 15 minutes. No student parking is permitted in the visitors area.

SEMESTER/DAILY PARKING PERMITSParking by semester decal or daily parking permit is enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days out of the year. The semester parking permit can be used at all campuses throughout the Los Rios Community College District. Vehicles not having a valid parking decal or daily parking permit properly displayed will be given a parking citation.

• DAILY PARKING PERMITS Daily permits are $2 and are dispensed from machines located in student lots. Incase of machine malfunction, you may:1) Purchase a permit from another machine.2) Contact a college police office for a one-day permit.

Notes about machine malfunction will not be accepted.

• SEMESTER PERMITS A parking permit is $40per semester/$25 for summer session. Permits areavailable at the Business Services Office located in the Administration Building. Remember that a parkingpermit does not guarantee a parking space. A parking permit entitles you to day or evening parking oncampus where and when space is available, in student lots and/or the parking structure.

DISABLED PARKINGAutomobiles of students with disabilities (and persons providing transportation services to students with disabilities) must display a semester or daily parking permit as do other students. However, special parking spaces for disabled students are provided in all student & staff parking lots. A placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles for persons with disabilities, or a distinguishing license plate for persons with disabilities, must be properly displayed on the vehicle. Temporary disability permits are available from the Health Center; if you are issued a temporary permit you must also display a valid semester or daily parking permit.

MOTORCYCLESMotorcycle permits are $25 per semester/$15 for summer session. Motorcycles may only park in designated motorcycle areas in lots A, C & G. Motorcycles may not park in regular student/staff spaces.

TOW-AWAYVehicles parked illegally in red zones and vehicles parked so as to impede the flow of traffic on campus streets, lot entrances and driveways, in front of fire hydrants or in other areas where emergency vehicles might be hindered, may be subject to being towed away at owner’s expense and inconvenience. Vehicles parked in staff or handicapped spaces are subject to tow-away

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PARKING CITATIONSA list of common violations is shown below, although other regulations are also enforced [CVC 21113]. For your protection, all vehicles should be locked and all valuables stored out of sight.

NATURE OF OFFENSE CODE BAIL No valid permit visible 3A.1 $33.00Fraudulent use of permit 3A.4 $66.00Outdated permit 3A.5A $33.00Permit improperly displayed 3A.6 $33.00Parked over boundary lines 4A.1 $33.00Used two parking spaces 4A.2 $33.00Parked in driving lanes 4A.3 $33.00Not parked in designated area 4B $33.00Unauth. use of reserved location 4C $33.00Unauth. use of disabled zone 4D.1 $283.00Unauth. use of permit 4D.2 $33.00Parked on service road 4D.3 $33.00Parked in red zone 4D.4 $33.00Parked blocking gates 4D.5 $33.00Parked in bus zone 4D.6 $33.00Parked in no parking zone 4D.7 $33.00Parked in loading zone 4D.8 $33.00Expired meter/zone 4D.10 $33.00Parked on shoulder of road 4D.11 $33.00Parked in fire lane 4D.12 $33.00Parked on roadway 4D.13 $33.00Vehicle parked overnight 4E $33.00

COLLEGE POLICEThe College Police office is located south of Davies Hall.

• OFFICE HOURSFirst week of the semester:

Mon-Thurs: 8:00 am–7:00 pm Friday: 8:00 am–5:00 pm Sat: 8:00 am–12:00 pm

Rest of the semester: Mon-Friday: 8:00 am–5:00 pm

• 24-HOUR PHONE(916) 558-2221

AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE4700 College Oak Drive | Sacramento, CA 95841

Los Rios Community College District

For more information: www.arc.losrios.edu

End of year Raffle Ticket Sales

Don’t forget to get your raffle tickets for the end of year event. Come purchase at the meeting or

contact Jerry wentland; attendance not required for raffle ticket purchase. This year Up for raffle is

Lincoln Electric power Mig 140 MP welder donated by Mark McDowell. Also a Miller Gear package

provided by Silvio Modena area District Manager.

“REBUILDING

AMERICA ONE

WELD AT A

TIME”

The AWS Sacramento Section #174 is a

non-profit 501c organization committed to

making sure that students get the financial

support they need. The Sacramento

Section has awarded students of local

junior colleges and graduate colleges with

over $275k in scholarships in the past 9

years with the projected scholarship

awards for 2019 of $40k to $60k.

The mission of AWS Section 174 is to

advance the science, technology, and

application of welding and allied joining

and cutting processes worldwide within

our local community, businesses and

colleges. This is accomplished by

increasing membership, certification,

advanced training, updated standards,

conferences, professional collaborations

including all related industries and trades.

The many exciting career opportunities in

welding today count on AWS for the

leading-edge industry knowledge,

resources to achieve even greater

business and career success.

With the generous donations received

from our local Businesses, related

Industries and Individual Donors we can

continue our Scholarship Clay Shoot to

financially support our current and

upcoming industrial workforce

To all Donator of Raffle or door prizes

We like to thank you for your past support. And we hope we can count on you again. If so please give items to

any of our current section officers. Everything you donate is tax deductible. The officer will make sure you get

the signed tax form. At each monthly meeting we will mention to all attendee that the item came from you, and

that we encourage them to shop there to show thanks for your support.

All moneys raised are to advance the science, technology, and application of welding and allied joining and

cutting processes within our local community, the sections the out in the form of scholarships at the District

conference meeting in June.

On behalf of myself “Melvin Johnson” your 2019-2020 Section Chairman I want to thank you for your support.

And if you have any questions for me I can be reached by phone at (916) 799-1900.

Sacramento@awssections.org

SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving middle school, high school and college students who are preparing

for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and

industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA has served over 13.5 million members

since 1965 and continues to serve its members by preparing students to answer the call of business and industry with a

confident reply of, “I’m Ready”.

SkillsUSA Region 4 Leadership and Skills Conference is on

Saturday, January 11th from 7:30 am to 3 pm at Sierra College 5100 Sierra Blvd, Rocklin, CA 95677.

Welding competitions will run from 9 am to 1 pm. Over 436 students and teachers will be attending from over 20 schools

in the area competing in areas including drafting, electronics, engineering, robotics, welding, woodworking, media, and

leadership skills. We have 7 welding competitions including welding, welding fabrication, welding sculpture, MIG, OXY-

Acetylene, Shielded Metal Arc, and TIG. We have volunteers from AWS Sacramento Section 174 and Siemens coming

out to judge along with the welding instructors at Sierra College, including Aleda Vaughn. Aleda Vaughn was actually a

SkillsUSA Competition participant and member when she was in school. “Vaughn says: they are always looking for

volunteers, judges, and sponsors for the manufacturing competitions they promote 6 regional events in California. A

Schedule is provided below please contact Vaughn for more information”.

The mission of SkillsUSA is to empower its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American

citizens. SkillsUSA improves the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of Framework

skills that include personal, workplace and technical skills grounded in academics. These are essential elements that

shape responsible, reliable employees who will one day become leaders in the economic marketplace. California

SkillsUSA Membership 2019 Middle School - 1,306, High School - 33,246, College/postsecondary – 541, Alumni &

Friends - 1,953 Total - 37,046 (Largest in the nation - 4th year in a row)

Butte College won GOLD at the 2019 National Conference in Additive Manufacturing!

Current events

Region 4 - Sierra College, Rocklin January 11, 2020

Region 1 - Silicon Valley Career Technical Education Center, San Jose January 18, 2020

Region 3 - Pasadena City College January 25, 2020

Region 6 - Riverside Community College February 1, 2020

Region 5 - San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton February 8, 2020

Region 2 - Kern High ROC, Bakersfield February 22, 2020

For more information Contact Ashley Conger, Region 4 Manager

SkillsUSA California 1809 S Street Suite 101-274

Sacramento, CA 95811 rmanager4@skillsusaca.org

916-258-5643

1/3/2020 The Boy Scouts of America Release Welding Merit Badge for Scouts | MillerWelds

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The Boy Scouts of America Release Welding MeritBadge for Scouts

Boy Scouts team with American Welding Society to implement a welding merit badge program in reaction to Scouts'desire to learn how to weld.

The Boys Scouts of America (BSA) is an iconic organization that has been a part of the lives of young men for morethan 100 years –- not quite as long as welding has been around, but both the act of welding and the involvement inscouting have been important in the American story and worldwide success. In February the BSA unveiled the firstofficial connection between Scouting and welding: Scouts can now earn a welding merit badge. It all came togetherthanks to a member of the American Welding Society and his fond memories of being a Scout.

It took five years from the day Jack Compton first mentioned the welding merit badge idea during an AWS boardmeeting. At the time Compton was a district director with AWS, and he had grandsons working through the Boy Scoutmerit badge program. The discussion at the board meeting was sparked by studies that showed a dwindling supply ofwelders for the workplace. The question was, “What could AWS and industry do to spark the welding interest ofyoung people?” Compton immediately thought of his grandsons and the fact that he could not help them earn abadge leaning on his knowledge as a welder.

“What is more American than welding and Boy Scouts?” says Compton. “I had no idea how to go about it, but thetopic at the board meeting was about inspiring youth to be more involved with welding. It just made a lot of senseturning to the Boy Scouts.”

The BSA doesn’t just add merit badges without some careful thought and research and a lengthy progression; thereis a deep - dive process before a new badge is included in the lineup of 127 earnable badges.

The process begins with a committee and is ultimately decided by the Scouts themselves. Scout focus groupsponder ideas and then give feedback to the organization. If the idea makes it through the focus group, surveys arethen distributed to more Scouts, and again, the input is weighed. Most badge ideas never make it out of discussion.Only the ideas that gain approval from the Scouts themselves are moved forward and approved.

“The kids told us they had an interest in welding,” says Janice Downey, senior innovation manager for Boy Scouts.“They said not only did they want to be able to explore welding, but they wanted more than a video to watch or localwelding shops to visit. They told us they wanted hands-on experience with real welding. Welding certainly fits with theBoy Scout experience, and given the positive feedback from Scouts we moved it forward.”

Boy Scouts of America believes that welding is an important part of our nation’s growth and stability; employers havea consistent need for skilled welders in construction fabrication, manufacturing and other industries. The BSA alsosays continued advances (in welding) will help drive our nation’s productivity and strengthen its financial stability.

“This merit badge is a good fit with preparing Scouts for their future and offers Scouts a fun way to explore skills thatcan grow into a hobby or career,” says Downey. “The Welding merit badge will enable Scouts to learn hands-on how tojoin metals using welding techniques. The skills they learn may even be helpful for making or repairing items for theirtroop.”

The need for weldersThe need for skilled welders is a story line that anyone involved with welding is very familiar with. The AWScommissioned a study in 2002-2003 that showed there would be 200,000-plus welding jobs that would not befilled.  A second look shows the need will only grow, and not just in the area of the welder, but all facets – weldingengineers, weld techs, supervisors with welding experience, employees with an understanding of welding androbotics – resulting in 230,000 more jobs than available workers by 2019.

“We have been working on strategies with companies like Illinois Tool Works, and its great companies –- Miller,Hobart Brothers and others –- to really build the foundation for workforce development,” says Dave Landon, vicepresident AWS. “We need to get these young people exposed in a safe and educational setting that will sparkinterest, and I think Scouting is a great place for this. There’s no doubt the jobs will be there.”

The stats from Boy Scouts and AWS are telling:

Manufacturing is experiencing a shortage of skilled welders; the average age of welders in the United States isabout 55. By the end of the decade, it is estimated there will be a critical need for 230,000 new welders and

1/3/2020 The Boy Scouts of America Release Welding Merit Badge for Scouts | MillerWelds

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welding related jobs.Skilled and talented welders have a brand-new place in our contemporary world. The image of last century’sindustrial age lingers: the stereotypical welder toiling away in the factory. But that era has passed. Welding has anew spark. Advancements in science, technology, and the digital universe have transformed the world and theworld of welding.New innovations in welding featured at the 2011 FABTECH Expo included more than 75 products and innovationsthat are considered green technologies. This fits with the Conservation Good Turn and other green initiatives ofScouting. 

Welding merit badge requirementsIt was a five-year process that, once approved, took another year of careful consideration of the actual badgerequirements. In order to achieve the Welding merit badge, Scouts will need to conduct a number of steps thatinclude welding safely, learning about welding processes, techniques, and vocabulary. Next the Scout will choose aprocess and then properly set up a welding machine and prepare it for welding.

The Scout will then weld to the requirements outlined in the Boy Scout handbook put together with help from theAWS:

1. Using a metal scribe or soapstone, sketch your initial onto a metal plate, and weld a bead on the plate followingthe pattern of your initial.

2. Cover a small plate (approximately 3" x 3" x ¼") with weld beads side by side.3. Tack two plates together in a square groove butt joint.4. After your counselor has inspected the tacked plates, weld them together from both sides.5. Tack two plates together in a T joint, have your counselor inspect it, then weld a T joint with fillet weld on both

sides.6. Tack two plates together in a lap joint, have your counselor inspect it, then weld a lap joint with fillet weld on both

sides.

The Scout will next need to gain an understanding about the careers available in welding and write about the threethat interest him most.

“We think, thanks to the surveys we’ve done with these young people, that the welding badge will be a very popularbadge,” says Downey. “They have told us they want to do this. We feel very strongly that it will be a positive forScouts.”

More than 15,000 Scouts attained the last new badge created by the Boy Scouts, the Robotics badge, in its firstyear. The 69,000–member-strong AWS and companies like Miller are poised to help out local troops so that theWelding merit badge will be just as successful.

“It took five years but that comment about a Welding badge in the AWS board meeting ultimately led to what I thinkwill really inspire scouts to want to weld,” says Compton. I know the volunteers like myself will line-up to help thesekids learn the great skill of welding.”

If you are a welding professional and would like to help Scouts attain the Welding badge you can find moreinformation on volunteering with the Boy Scouts at http://www.scouting.org/volunteer.aspx or contact your localchapter of AWS. You will need to submit to a standard background check that is required for all volunteers within theBoy Scouts organization.

The welding badge will certainly inspire more young people to become involved in and gain a passion for welding. Theultimate impact will be more skilled workforce moving into welding and welding related careers and having a positiveinfluence on the future needs of industry.

© Miller Electric Mfg. LLC

The Sacramento Valley AWS Section thanks the following companies for their financial support during

the 2019-2020 seasons. Please show your appreciation by considering them when making your next

purchase.

2019-2020 AWS Sacramento Valley Officers

Chairman Melvin Johnson

1st Vise Chair Jerry Wentland

Secretary Ray Atnip

Treasurer Naomi Wentland

Education Char Alex Taddei

Newsletter Editor Irving Raymond Golub

Certification Committee Chair Jerry Wentland

Membership Committee Chair Hedwig Johnson

Technical Advisor Mark Reese

Publicity Committee Chair Irving Golub / Jack Golub

Executive Committee Ken Morris, Kerry Shetell, Chris Messier

Rob PurvIs