In the heavily male-dominated industry of welding, only 5.1% of the industrys workers are female, according to a 2022 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. In the fall 2023 semester, TSTC had a total of 94 women and 970 men enrolled in Welding Technology. Photo Credit: Courtesy of TSTC
Staff report WACO — “It is not for the faint of heart,” Erica Bridges said. Bridges is a Welding Technology student at Texas State Technical…