Harris Products Group professionals assist with Skills USA brazing competition

Timothy Reading of The Harris Products Group instructs a student on brazing skills.

High school students attending the annual Skills USA national competition June 20-24, 2022, got a chance to hone their brazing skills and learn more about careers in numerous industries.

The competitions for each industry included a series of testing stations to assess skills. For the brazing competition, pros from The Harris Products Group, a manufacturer of cutting, welding, brazing, and soldering equipment, demonstrated proper brazing techniques, reviewed safety lessons, and tested students on their skills. Students were given one hour to complete a closed-loop system of copper-to-copper and copper-to-steel connections while nitrogen purging. Harris tested their connections with a pressure/leak test.

The overall first, second, and third place winners in each category were awarded cash and product prizes.