STUDENTS FROM SEVERAL AREA HIGH SCHOOLS CAME TO THE SOUTH SIOUX CITY MINIDOME WEDNESDAY TO EXPERIENCE AND LEARN ABOUT WELDING AS AS POSSIBLE CAREER CHOICE.
TYLER SASSE, THE FOUNDER AND C-E-O OF THE WESTERN WELDING ACADEMY OF WYOMING, BROUGHT THEIR 2024 BLUE COLLAR TOUR TO SOUTH SIOUX:
WELDING1 OC……ABOUT THE BLUE COLLAR TRADES. :13
MATTHEW SHELEY IS THE WELDING TEACHER AT SOUTH SIOUX CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
HE SAYS THEY HAVE MORE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN BUILDING TRADES AS A CAREER THAN THEY HAVE ROOM FOR:
WELDING2 OC…….WE CAN GET. :12
(Jesse Hernandez & Eleazar Becera)
THOSE STUDENTS INCLUDE ELEAZAR BECERA, A SOUTH SIOUX SENIOR WHO SAYS HE WILL LIKELY PURSUE A CAREER IN WELDING BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE HE’S ALREADY HAD IN SCHOOL AND ADVICE FROM HIS TEACHER:
WELDING3 OC…….AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. :27
IT’S ESTIMATED THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EARN AROUND $100,000 A YEAR AS WELDERS ONCE THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING.
