Navarro College Welding Technology Professor and Department Chair Ron Brooks has worn many hats in his profession, however it simply so occurs {that a} welding hood match greatest. Mr. Brooks first began welding for his dad in 1982, on the age of 17, and has since fallen in love with the business, artistry, and now – Teaching his craft.

Ron Brooks joined Navarro College in July 2022, after a profitable run within the power sector and oil and gasoline industries. These endeavors garnered accolades past state strains and onto a world scale. Some of his largest tasks embrace welding submarines for underwater oil exploration, and welding and inspecting B2 bombers. Mr. Brooks has accomplished educating assignments in seven nations on 5 continents, and at one level known as Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia a house away from residence. Now a professor for Navarro College’s Welding Technology program, Mr. Brooks travels have slowed, however his enthusiasm has not.

Ron Brooks was welcomed to Navarro College at a time of elevated innovation and development throughout all profession and technical applications. A recipient of a Texas Workforce Commission grant, Navarro College was capable of buy all new welding gear, together with a number of digital actuality welding kits, two Cooper CRX-10iA/L air-cooled welding cobots, and Torchmate 4400 plasma cutter. In addition, the Welding on Wheels cellular welding lab was additionally secured by means of the grant. This unit incorporates eight welding bays inside the 53-foot trailer and is used for welding instruction on the Waxahachie campus. Evolutions in expertise warranted an equal development in instruction, and Mr. Brooks was up for the problem. In Ron Brooks, Navarro College has discovered not only a instructor however an business skilled whose journey from welding cubicles to the lecture rooms is a narrative value celebrating. “To have this caliber of equipment at our disposal is something to be really grateful for,” states professor Brooks. “I enjoy building the curriculum around the advanced technology that we have at Navarro, so that our students have appropriate exposure to materials and techniques that they will utilize in the workforce.”

It is with out query that Ron Brooks left his mark on this planet of metalworking, and he wishes the identical success for his college students. “I have the utmost confidence in my students that when they graduate, they will experience personal and professional success in the workforce and continue to perfect their skill set in the art of welding.”

For extra details about welding expertise and certificates and levels supplied at Navarro College, please go to navarrocollege.edu/academics/welding or name (903) 875-7573.