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May 05, 2024
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2018-2019 Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Welding Faculty
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 Terry Schneider
Instructor
605.367.7674
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Terry has been working as an instructor for sixteen years. He has an extensive background in manufacturing. In addition, he has worked on air ambulances by making major repairs & alterations and also in the mining industry repairing and maintaining heavy equipment.
Terry is an AWS certified welder, an AWS certified welding inspector, an AWS certified welding educator along with being the general manager for the ATF where his duties include being a test supervisor and facility representative.
His goals for his students is for them to reach their full potential and to become successful in life and the welding industry.
His interests outside of work include tinkering on his old pickup, playing with his dog Ellie, and enjoying time at his lake cabin with his wife, family and friends.
Education: Diploma, Mitchell Technical Institute; AWS Certified Welding Inspector; AWS Certified Welding Educator; FAA A&P Airframe and Power Mechanic (LATI)
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Steven Weddle
Instructor
605.367.7637
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Steven has over 20 years of experience in the welding industry that includes hands on experience with GMAW, SMAW, GTAW, FCAW and SAW disciplines as an ironworker, pipeline welder and as a production welder in a manufacturing setting. Custom welding and fabrication and ironwork cover the majority of his experience. Steven also has expanded his skills in the welding industry by adding his credentials as an AWS Certified Welding Inspector as well as a Certified Welding Supervisor.
Steven began to bring his welding career into the teaching and training field in 2016 when he started a Weld Training Program while employed at Worthington Industries. He developed a new approach to the training of new welders, continuous improvement training of existing welders and sharing the weld training concepts to other departments in the plant to increase the continuity in the production process. Using his skills as a CWI, he administered and evaluated Weld Certification testing of all the welders, preformed random and periodic product Weld Audits for the Quality Department. Utilizing the skills gained through the training and testing for his CWS credential, he also worked on approaches to find cost reductions in the welding department and ways to maximize welding operation throughputs.
Education: AWS, CWI/CWS, Hobart Institute of Welding Technology; AWS Member, ASNT Member
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Levi began working as a Lab Specialist in the Southeast Tech Welding program in the fall of 2018. After entering the program as a student in 2015, he graduated with two AWS certifications in Flux Core Arc Welding and Shielded Metal Arc Welding. Since then his experience has ranged from MIG and TIG welding to metal fabrication and machining. Levi has several years of experience with major area manufacturers, including; Daktronics, Spartan ERV, and Raven Industries.
In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors as well as tinkering in the garage with his motorcycles, playing guitar and spending time with family and friends.
Levi is excited to be involved with a program that had a profound impact on his life, and can’t wait to share that experience with others as they grow in their professional careers.
Education: Welding Diploma, Southeast Tech
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Levi Wood