Welding Competition

Competition Rules

• Registration must be completed online, and students can only register ONE time. 

• There is a $25 materials fee for each participant paid at time of registration. 

• Participants must register in the correct age division.

• Competitors shall wear all mandatory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). See list below.

• Only hand tools will be allowed. No electric, pneumatic, or rotating equipment.

• Competition rounds are 45 minutes. This time includes a pre-competition safety meeting, practice welds, and the competition weld. 

• Once welding on the coupon has started, no further help is allowed.

• When weld is complete, an instructor will take the test coupon to the judging area where it will be visual tested by a CWI (Certified Welding Inspector). No one other than judges and Arkansas Elite instructors are allowed in the judging area.

• Competitors will not have access to their weld test coupon after they turn it in for judging. No weld test coupons can leave the judging area.

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Tools

• Competitors should wear and bring the following:

• Leather work boots

• Cotton or FR jeans/pants free of holes, rips, and/or tears

• Cotton or FR long sleeved welding shirt free of holes, rips, and/or tears

• Welding Hood*

• Leather Welding Gloves*

• Safety Glasses*

• Ear Plugs*

• Chipping Hammer*

• Wire Hand Brush*

*If a competitor does not have these items, they can be borrowed from the Arkansas Elite tool room on competition day.