MCALLEN – In welding, about the only thing you can’t fabricate is experience. So when South Texas College faculty member Richard Ingram received exclusive designation as a Certified Welding Inspector this summer, it was an achievement built on heavy mettle. “It involves several years of experience, months of prep work, and to top it off, three exams that all must be passed,” says STC’s first-ever instructor to achieve the American Welding Society certification. “There are only an estimated 90,000 CWIs across the globe.” The honor is the latest milestone in a career that has brought Ingram from a journeyman welder at a ...