BRTC Hosts ARC@ The Armory

Black River Technical College (BRTC) recently hosted ARC @ The Armory, a welding competition for BRTC traditional and career and technical center (CTC) students.

This event was held between three BRTC campuses, Pocahontas, Paragould, and Piggott. Three teams competed in a 3-hour, timed event that required students to interpret a blueprint, prepare needed materials, and fabricate a piece from those blueprints.

Based on their performance students were awarded a variety of welding-related prizes which were graciously donated by BRTC’s industry partners.

BRTC hopes to continue to host this event every year and extend invitations to teams from area high schools BRTC serves.

Photographs of the contest are available on the college’s Flickr account.  Photographs are also available on the BRTC Facebook page.

For more information about BRTC’s Armory programs, contact Dean of Business and Technical Programs Phillip Dickson at (870) 248-4125 or via email at phillipd@blackrivertech.edu.