2026 K-ACTE Career Tech Summit

NOTE: Please meet at the doors at the bottom of the stairs in the Regnier Center lobby to meet Amy Sellers who will walk participants over to the WCMT building.

This session is to help instructor prepared students for completing the weld test connected to Excel in CTE. Attendees will receive some classroom instructions, then conduct the weld test using either GMAW or SMAW. This session is not designed to teach you how to weld but how to help instruct students so that they are prepared for taking the test. Attendees should leave with a good understanding on how to prep material prior to weld, understand hold points, measure and visually inspect welds, prepare material for bend test, conduct bend test, and how to inspect the bend coupons.