Realityworks recognizes Arizona welding instructor with CTE Champion Award

Realityworks Inc., Eau Claire, Wis., has presented its CTE Champion Award to Marana High School welding instructor Kenton Webb. The award recognizes Webb for the methods he has implemented to engage his welding students in career opportunities and help them develop job skills.

“My ultimate goal is to help these kids get a successful career so they’re not walking away from high school with just a diploma—they’re walking away with a skill they can use,” said Webb.

About 250 students participate in Marana High School’s welding program annually, an increase of almost 200 students from when Webb began the program 10 years ago. In the last nine years, the program has come to be one of the premier high school welding shops in the state. First-year students use the Realityworks’ guideWELD® VR welding simulator to hone basic welding skills in a safe, virtual environment, then use the guideWELD LIVE real welding guidance system in the welding booth to understand proper welding techniques and master good welding habits. Webb also has his students identify and assess their own welds using the company’s RealCareer™ Weld Defects Kit.