High School Welding
Competition 2025
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Compete for Welding Scholarship Prizes!
Are you a high school senior interested in becoming a welder?
Delta Technical College (DTC)’s High School Welding Competition is an annual, invite-only competition where you’ll compete to earn scholarship prizes to use toward completing your welding training at DTC. All welding experience levels are welcome.
Top scholarship prizes go to first, second, and third place. All participants in the welding competition will receive a $500 DTC scholarship!
When & where is the Welding Competition?
Ridgeland Campus
- When: Thursday, February 27th, 2025
- Where: 113 Marketridge Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157
Horn Lake Campus
- When: Friday, February 28th, 2025
- Where: 6530 Interstate Boulevard, Horn Lake, MS 38637
What can I expect on the day of the High School Welding Competition?
- Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the competition will begin promptly at 8 a.m.
- You’ll complete a timed welding project that will be judged by a panel of DTC welding faculty and staff
- Your friends & family are invited to watch you compete and enjoy a day of excitment and fun
- There will be raffles for welding gear and other items donated by local vendors
- Food and/or beverages will be provided
- You and your guests are welcome to take a campus tour led by a High School Representative who can answer any questions you have about DTC & the enrollment process
- The competiton will conclude with an awards ceremony announcing the scholarship winner
DTC’s Welding Programs
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Welding
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Welding and Pipefitting
Note: Midwest Technical Institute, Inc. (MTI), together with its Delta Technical College (DTC) division are offering the Welding Competition Scholarship Program to promote ongoing commitment to skilled trade education. All scholarships awarded through the Welding Competition must be used at one of our MTI or DTC campus locations. Scholarships cannot be exchanged for cash. See official terms and conditions for details.
How Can DTC Change Your Life?
“Without Delta Tech, I wouldn’t be here. I would be at my minimum wage job, struggling to pay my bills. I love welding because it’s an art and it’s fun.”
Charles
Welding Graduate
“I loved pretty much everything about it. There’s some times that I got frustrated, because I couldn’t get to it, but the instructors would help me, and I eventually got it.”
Noah
Welding Graduate
“DTC provided me with with the skills and connections to be able to provide for my family.”
Cody
Welding Graduate
“DTC helped me take my career to the next level and gave me a more in-depth look into the world of welding, from the scientific aspect to all the possible career paths. The majority of the things I learned at DTC, I come in contact with on a day-to-day basis.”
Stanford
Welding Graduate
Accreditations
- Delta Technical College (DTC) is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges (ACCSC).
- DTC is approved by the U.S. Department of Education to participate in federally-funded financial aid programs.
- Delta Technical College is licensed by the Mississippi Commission on Proprietary Schools and College Registration, Certificate No. C-624. Licensure indicates only that minimum standards have been met; it is not an endorsement or guarantee of quality.
- Delta Technical College is authorized for operation as a postsecondary educational institution by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
- DTC is a member of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA).
