At this years CanWeld 2022, the CWB Association had the privilege to partner with Fabtech Canada in Toronto, Canada. We are bringing you special episodes recorded “live” on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Eric Wilson, an industrial millwright and owner of NEMX Skilled Trades with his wife Nina. While Eric was working in the industry, he saw the opportunity in the market to build his own business ...
Aug 10, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 85
At this years CanWeld 2022, the CWB Association had the privilege to partner with Fabtech Canada in Toronto, Canada. We are bringing you special episodes recorded “live” on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. Join Max on this special episode as he walked the show floor talking with the sponsors and vendors about their products and experience with attending Fabtech Canada. Thank you to the following individuals and companies for ...
Aug 05, 2022•25 min
At this years CanWeld 2022, the CWB Association had the privilege to partner with Fabtech Canada in Toronto, Canada. We are bringing you special episodes recorded “live” on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Stephanie Hoffman, owner and welding instructor at Underground Metalworks. Stephanie shares her first experience to Canada and the importance of the American Welding Society and CWB Group to sup...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 84
At this years CanWeld 2022, the CWB Association had the privilege to partner with Fabtech Canada in Toronto, Canada. We are bringing you special episodes recorded “live” on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Jordi Ribas, a Red Seal Welder and Weld Technician from Josef Gases. Jordi shares how his welding knowledge and experiences from working in the welding industry have been an asset to working in ...
Jul 27, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 83
At this years CanWeld 2022, the CWB Association had the privilege to partner with Fabtech Canada in Toronto, Canada. We are bringing you special episodes recorded “live” on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Kelsey Archambault, Distribution Sales Manager from Hypertherm. Kelsey shares her passion for plasma cutting equipment and how her education in hospitality tourism has been an asset to her caree...
Jul 20, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 82
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. This week's guest is Paul Murray, Product Leader for Rotoweld from Tecnar. Paul grew up with no exposure to the trades but after taking a job at an automotive shop and seeing the need for welding skills, he explored further education. Paul became a passionate Welding Engineer Technolo...
Jul 13, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 81
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. Today's guest is Michel Gagnon, President of Henlex Inc in Montreal, Quebec. Michel started off as an engineer at Henlex and became passionate about creating better air quality in the workplace for welding . Michel saw the potential of the company and transitioned from employee to own...
Jul 06, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 80
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. This week's episode we welcome back Mackenzi and Jolene from The Red Bench in Edmonton, Alberta. Jolene and Mackenzi had a vision of creating a welcoming and empowering space for women and the LGBTQIA+ community to the skilled trades. Since our last conversation, this vision has becom...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 79
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. Today's guest is Rick Jones, Director of Operations at RJ2 Quality in Ontario. Rick has over 25 years in quality management and shares the importance of quality assurance and risk management when owning a business. Check out RJ2 Quality: https://www.rj2quality.com/ What did you think ...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 78
The CWB Association is committed to creating a safe space for growth and education to strengthen our membership by encouraging awareness. The LGBTQ2S+ community is a vibrant and essential part of our community and the CWB Association wants to support them in the welding industry across Canada. June is Pride Month, and we encourage you to actively promote and engage in equality, inclusion, and diversity as a priority all year long. Today’s guest is Puddy Wheatley, Sales Manager from Hypertherm. P...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 77
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. Today's guest is Goetz Dapp, Associate Director from Canadian Centre for Welding and Joining in Edmonton, Alberta. Goetz is originally from Germany and fell in love with our beautiful country. Tune in to learn how Goetz became interested in welding in Canada and how he combined his pa...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 76
The CWB Association had the privilege to attend this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Denver, hosted by AISC. We are bringing you special episodes recorded "live" on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week's special guest is Gordon Attridge, Sales Manager from AGT Robotics. When Gordon saw his first welding robot, he realized this was the future for welding and wanted to be apart of it. "Be the job you want", fuelled ...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 75
The CWB Association had the privilege to attend this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Denver, hosted by AISC. We are bringing you special episodes recorded "live" on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Wayne Creasap, District Representative for the Safety and Health Department of the IABSOR Iron Workers. Wayne has 27 years of experience working with health and safety. Tune in to learn about the ...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 74
The CWB Association had the privilege to attend this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Denver, hosted by AISC. We are bringing you special episodes recorded "live" on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Beth Kitson, a volunteer from the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI). Beth joined AWMI for the networking opportunities and since being a member, she has experienced female empowe...
May 11, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 73
The CWB Association had the privilege to attend this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Denver, hosted by AISC. We are bringing you special episodes recorded "live" on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. Join Max on this special episode as he walked the show floor talking with the sponsors and vendors about their products and the importance of attending the NASCC: The Steel Conference. Thank you to the following individuals a...
May 06, 2022•45 min
The CWB Association had the privilege to attend this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Denver, hosted by AISC. We are bringing you special episodes recorded "live" on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Curtis Hayes from Lincoln Electric. Curtis is a Technical Sales and Applications Representative and has a passion for technology and automation. Tune in to learn about the new Lincoln Electric Pyt...
May 04, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 72
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. Today’s guest is Chris McQuay, owner of Unobtainium Welding in Calgary, Alberta. Chris learned to weld at a young age and saw the tie in between welding and his passion for cars. The more Chris learned about different metals, the more curious he became about metallurgy and exotic meta...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 71
The CWB Association had the privilege to attend this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Denver, hosted by AISC. We are bringing you special episodes recorded "live" on the show floor to keep our members on top of what’s new and exciting in the steel and welding industry. This week’s special guest is Scott Melnick, Senior VP of AISC. Scott kicked off the start of the conference sharing the history of the NASCC: The Steel Conference and his journey of 32 years at AISC with us. Schedule the NASC...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 70
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. Today’s guest is Manuel Castillo, from Brockville, Ontario. Manuel got hooked on welding in high school when he learned how to do a repair with a welding process. Tune in to learn how his fixation turned into a passion that would lead to co-owning his own sanitary process fabrication ...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 69
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. This week’s episode we have a special welding podcast collaboration with Jason Becker from Arc Junkies Podcast, and Kevin Johnson from Welding Business Owners Podcast. Each podcast plays an important role to the welding industry providing knowledge, opportunities, and inspiration to t...
Apr 06, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 68
The CWB Association Welding Podcast is celebrating Women Empowerment Month, supporting and empowering women in the industry today, and everyday. Our weekly episodes this month connects female welding professionals around the world to share their passion. Today guest is Jamie McMillian, founder of KickAss Careers, Journeyman Ironworker, and advocate for skilled trades. Jamie is an inspiration and mentor to women across the world as she promotes skilled trades in classrooms and trade events. Check...
Mar 30, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 67
The CWB Association Welding Podcast is celebrating Women Empowerment Month, supporting and empowering women in the industry today, and everyday. Our weekly episodes this month connects female welding professionals around the world to share their passion. Today’s guest is Saxxon McLeod, a Welding Engineer from the pressure vessel and heat exchanger industry. Saxxon is a proud graduate from the Welding Engineering Technology program at Conestoga College and previous CWB Association Student Chapter...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 66
The CWB Association Welding Podcast is celebrating Women Empowerment Month, supporting and empowering women in the industry today, and everyday. Our weekly episodes this month connects female welding professionals around the world to share their passion. Today's guest is j'Amey Bevan, Director of National Training for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. j'Amey had no idea what a Boilermaker was growing up and fell in love with it when she shifted her career towards the trades. As the ...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 65
The CWB Association Welding Podcast is celebrating Women Empowerment Month, supporting and empowering women in the industry today, and everyday. Our weekly episodes this month connects female welding professionals around the world to share their passion. This week’s guest is Ria Schnell, known as Ria The Welder. Ria is a business owner, mom, and talented metal artist. After exploring many different types of careers, Ria knew she wanted to work with her hands and embraced her fears with welding. ...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 64
The CWB Association Welding Podcast is celebrating Women Empowerment Month, supporting and empowering women in the industry today, and everyday. Our weekly episodes this month connects female welding professionals around the world to share their passion. Today’s guest is Nikki Noble, welding professor from Lambton College. Nikki loves to be different and found her passion for welding at a young age. Although she did not have a mentor growing up, Nikki strives to use her voice and classroom to su...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 63
On today’s episode we have unique guest, Mike Janzen, CEO of ClearSource. Mike was exposed to the trades at an early age and although welding wasn’t his strongest skillset, he remained dedicated to improving the industry. Tune in to learn how he turned an idea to simplify and digitalize the needs of Canadian contractors to an exciting business. Follow on Facebook: @clearsourcemro Visit ClearSource website: www.clearsource.ca The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to weldin...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 62
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. On today's episode we are celebrating Black History Month with special guest, Frederick Crawley. Frederick is a Red Seal Welder and he shares the truth of 7 generations of black history with his family in Nova Scotia. We discuss what is was like being one of the few people of colour i...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Today's guest is Stephanie Hoffman, known for her many job titles as an educator, welder, mom, business owner, ambassador, and many more that revolve around her passion for the welding industry. We learn about her roots growing up and the challenges she faced starting her career. Tune in for the inside scoop of what's next for Stephanie this year! Follow Stephanie on Instagram: @underground_metal_works Visit: www.underground-metalworks.com Watch Metal Shop Masters: www.netflix.com The CWB Associ...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Today’s episode guest is Jenna Nowicki from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jenna never saw herself working in the trades growing up and shares how she transitioned from the healthcare industry into welding. We get deep into conversation about her job experiences and the Red Seal Program in Manitoba. Follow Jenna on Instagram: pinkfirewelds The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 59
The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that connects to welding professionals around the world to share their passion and give you the right tips to stay on top of what’s happening in the welding industry. Today's guest is Matthew Crimi, co-founder of Canada Welding Supply. Matthew shares how he transitioned his career from HVAC into building a successful online Canadian business that supports the welding industry. Tune in to get the inside scoop on what exciting things are coming up ne...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 58
