{"id":201,"date":"2021-06-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidweldingbl.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:13:19","slug":"lincoln-electric-skills-and-education-group-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/articles\/lincoln-electric-skills-and-education-group-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Electric &#8211; Skills and Education Group Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image201_8d489a-b1 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image201_8d489a-b1\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/rapidweldingbl.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/linc-edu-pro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/linc-edu-pro.png 700w, https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/linc-edu-pro-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_feeddd-91, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_feeddd-91[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_feeddd-91\"]{text-align:center;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);font-style:normal;color:#ec0909;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_feeddd-91 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_feeddd-91[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_feeddd-91\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading201_feeddd-91 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_feeddd-91\"><strong>Lincoln Electric<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_634aa1-8c\">Rapid Welding and Lincoln Electric have enjoyed a successful&nbsp;relationship for over 30 years, and we are very proud to support their new educational program!<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_82c114-e4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_82c114-e4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_82c114-e4\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_82c114-e4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_82c114-e4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_82c114-e4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading201_82c114-e4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_82c114-e4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.cmail19.com\/t\/r-l-tldjlkjy-odrtldlyku-s\/\">Lincoln Electric\u00a0UK<\/a>\u00a0is embarking on a multi-faceted plan to raise welding education standards across the nation and at the heart of this, is a newly approved partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.cmail19.com\/t\/r-l-tldjlkjy-odrtldlyku-g\/\">Skills and Education Group Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_c1325e-dd\">Skills and Education Group Awards is a leading national awarding organisation with a long-established reputation for providing high-quality support and services to the educational sector. &nbsp;The partnership sees Lincoln Electric endorse Skills and Education Group Awards\u2019 newly developed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.cmail19.com\/t\/r-l-tldjlkjy-odrtldlyku-w\/\">Fabrication and Welding qualifications<\/a>&nbsp;to provide UTC\u2019s, schools, colleges, other further education and skills providers and employers with an industry leading qualification suite.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading201_ed0df0-8e\">In addition, Skills and Education Group Awards will be providing a Digital Learning platform to allow training providers to utilise the Lincoln Electric U\/LINC suite of delivery materials. &nbsp;This will support welding educators with the consistent delivery of training, allowing them to create bespoke training packages for individual businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-55d688a8322b3a31471eaa8b9142a68e\">Lincoln Mig Welders<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image201_90c74b-6c .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image201_90c74b-6c\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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Range<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1e83362e087c27e65d9d7e338f059069\">Lincoln Tig Welders<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image201_c905e4-c3 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image201_c905e4-c3\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lincolntig-9906db014501453c-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lincolntig-9906db014501453c-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lincolntig-9906db014501453c.png 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 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