Youth Organizations | Lincoln Electric

Lincoln Electric is dedicated to teaching the art and science of welding to the next generation of welders. Our commitment will help ensure that when experienced welders retire, others will be qualified to take their place and preserve this important and necessary skill. There are many youth organizations in America that share our vision for the future of welding and are equally dedicated to maintaining the welding industry's high standards for education and safety for years to come.

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Youth Organizations We Support

4-H

4-H offers opportunities in communications, leadership, career development, livestock, home improvement, and computer technology to seven million American youth. Programs are found in rural and urban areas throughout the country and similar programs around the world.

FFA

Lincoln Electric has been a sponsor of the FFA – a premiere youth leadership organization – for over 60 years promoting welding safety and technology to the next generation of future leaders. The standards that the FFA instills in their over 500,000 members are the same standards that were the building block for the Lincoln Electric Company.

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Boy Scouts of America

Lincoln Electric is a proud sponsor of the Boy Scouts of America – one of the nation’s largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The Boy Scouts of America believes that introducing youth to skilled trades like welding is a key to building a more conscientious, responsible, and productive society. In 2012 the Boy Scouts of America developed a new merit badge on welding.

SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives, working together to ensure America has a skilled work force. It is a national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations.

WorldSkills International

WorldSkills International is a not-for-profit membership association open to agencies or bodies which have a responsibility for promoting vocational education and training in their respective countries/regions. WorldSkills International provides a unique means of exchange and comparison of world-class competency standards in the industrial trades and service sectors of the global economy.