Seminars and Workshops

For over 60 years, more than 15,000 engineers have attended the Blodgett seminars. This program is for those responsible for reducing costs and improving productivity and quality through the efficient design of steel weldments for metal product applications.

This course is designed for new welding instructors entering the classroom for the first time. Current welding instructors will also benefit from learning new instructional techniques and ways to engage students at a higher level.

These courses are geared for welding instructors who want to take welding education to the next level.

Learn about the latest welding technology with hands-on practical application, demonstrations and lectures for advanced training in welding aluminum alloys.

Specifically for the service professional, the plasma automation technology seminar provides hands-on application and classroom training. Operators will receive procedures and best-practices for proper installation and setup of plasma cutting equipment in order to achieve optimal performance and operational longevity.

These courses are designed for professionals and educators who teach welding using the VRTEX virtual reality training tool.

These courses are intended to allow new REALWELD® customers to get familiar with the system’s components, calibration, operation and system administration.

Designed for distributors, this class provides a combination of hands-on application and classroom training of all Lincoln Electric Advanced Welding Trainers which includes: VRTEX®, REALWELD® and Robotic Education Cell.

Lincoln Electric conducts several training seminars at various locations around North America that have been arranged by our local District Sales offices. Courses vary in length from 1/2 day to one week. These programs cover various topics, including, but not limited to, State Welding Educator Workshops, Nextweld®  technology and Power Wave® AC/DC 1000® seminars, and Distributor Training and Service School programs.

At Lincoln Electric, we understand that improving your productivity with automation includes understanding how to properly use a Lincoln® Automation product. That’s why we put all of our knowledge into your training. Over 550 graduates each year can tell you that Lincoln’s Automation instructors are among the most supportive and knowledgeable.

Lincoln Electric offers a variety of training courses for our network of authorized field service shops. The courses vary from three to five days and cover detailed instruction on how to troubleshoot and repair various Lincoln Electric welding equipment.They also include discussions on basic electricity and welder components, basic circuitry and theory of operation.

Two comprehensive training programs are offered for our authorized international distributors on our North American products. The two-week Basic course has a strong focus on hands-on welding and provides the fundamentals of the main arc welding processes. The two-week Advanced course has a strong focus on product training, including Power Waves® and other advanced welding technologies. The two programs are held on an alternating year basis (starting in 2017).