Weldings fun. Its pulling lines, carrying your wire feeder, cleaning the base metal, grinding, preheating, and working in tight spaces that make it difficult. Try working at a shipyard, more or less the largest one in the world.
Totally worth it. I work on the US Navy's new carrier everyday.
From what I've seen of the 'next generation' of welders I'm not impressed. These kids get some kind of welding degree and need to be trained when they get on the job. Once they are trained they're pushed to produce, which they try to do but at the cost of sacrificing quality. We then go behind them spending more time to clean up their work.
If you want to weld take pride in what you do and speed will follow.
You're not going to start at the top but prove yourself and you will make it.
Where are the Welding Jobs Now? I Have 20 years Experience as a Tool & Die And Mold Welder. I use to bring Home 1,200 Dollars a week. Now I'm Unemployed and the only welding Jobs that are around only want to pay 12 to 15 Dollars an Hour. I hope thing get Better.
@cool6string what processes, metals and codes are you experienced or certified in? There have never been as many welding openings as there are now in the $18 - $28 an hour market.
i put myself through welding school fulltime got my certs got fairly good at it and still cant find a job because they want experienceand thats my secondary career so i really think is theyre plan to ship jobs overseas anyway but they cant ship pipeline or structural just manufacturing right?i mean whats the most secure in welding ?i like stick and fluxcore guess ill go toward structural guess its just slow right now
Yeah I am in Mt Hood Community College Welding Program and I have looked for jobs seeing as I Cert Out in 4 weeks, but there are no jobs around here in Portland Area, so this kinda is like some Bull $hit to me
you mean t tell me you are in Portland, and you can't find a job? Isn't there a pipeline somewhere around there? Go to the pipelin and the money will come to you.
$75000 sounds nice, I dont really like the sound of sitting behind a desk on a computer all day and answering the occasional phone call ;)
The more tickets you get the more interesting the trade becomes I dont think of it like, Im going to be running beads all day long it just doesnt roll through my mind like that at all.
another thing who the hell wants to sit there and run beads all day?? not me!! Im going into the engineering part of welding and expected to have a starting salery of $75000!!
All I have to say is that the people in the field are the ones that catch the mistakes of the people in the office. So when you start your drawings, make sure you don't draw a pipe going through a storage tank. Don't draw pipe and air duct running in the same place. And if you design pipe to be hung from the ceiling, make sure you take into consideration the weight f whatever liquid will be flowing through the pipe. Engineers are the smartes dumbest people I know.
Actually, the welding industry is constantly improving with technology and advancements that make it a promising career. It would be absurd to base your opinions on strictly outsourcing, specialized welders make $30 and up, and like any job, the better you get, the more you make. Without welding where would our buildings, bridges, ect. be? It's the foundation of everything...
Yes, glad to see someone knows more about the welding field than most who post on youtube. Videos on this site boast great pay for welders. Yeah maybe great pay for the fraction of the force that enter unions. Welders pay is very stratified, and unions have an impact on the salary of non union welders. According to the BLS most welders make what I do, about $13
lol if they make it that far, watch them die from asmah
ricky94533 1 year ago
Weldings fun. Its pulling lines, carrying your wire feeder, cleaning the base metal, grinding, preheating, and working in tight spaces that make it difficult. Try working at a shipyard, more or less the largest one in the world.
Totally worth it. I work on the US Navy's new carrier everyday.
IncredibleHamez 1 year ago
From what I've seen of the 'next generation' of welders I'm not impressed. These kids get some kind of welding degree and need to be trained when they get on the job. Once they are trained they're pushed to produce, which they try to do but at the cost of sacrificing quality. We then go behind them spending more time to clean up their work.
If you want to weld take pride in what you do and speed will follow.
You're not going to start at the top but prove yourself and you will make it.
triggahappyJoe 1 year ago
Where are the Welding Jobs Now? I Have 20 years Experience as a Tool & Die And Mold Welder. I use to bring Home 1,200 Dollars a week. Now I'm Unemployed and the only welding Jobs that are around only want to pay 12 to 15 Dollars an Hour. I hope thing get Better.
cool6string 2 years ago
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@cool6string what processes, metals and codes are you experienced or certified in? There have never been as many welding openings as there are now in the $18 - $28 an hour market.
BrianLilliston 1 year ago
i put myself through welding school fulltime got my certs got fairly good at it and still cant find a job because they want experienceand thats my secondary career so i really think is theyre plan to ship jobs overseas anyway but they cant ship pipeline or structural just manufacturing right?i mean whats the most secure in welding ?i like stick and fluxcore guess ill go toward structural guess its just slow right now
procuts69 2 years ago
You know the Air Bus were talking about moving their assembly to China
maijib2009 2 years ago
Good video===== American need more engineers and welders otherwise we will ship jobs oversea.
maijib2009 2 years ago
haha welding is far from exciting
rtstephens91 2 years ago
lol im 12 and im startin arc welding.. yeah, its not exactly right, but better to start young.. btw i no my safety..
unholypally 2 years ago
Yeah I am in Mt Hood Community College Welding Program and I have looked for jobs seeing as I Cert Out in 4 weeks, but there are no jobs around here in Portland Area, so this kinda is like some Bull $hit to me
standswithafifth 2 years ago
There is a recession u know
rd6659 2 years ago
you mean t tell me you are in Portland, and you can't find a job? Isn't there a pipeline somewhere around there? Go to the pipelin and the money will come to you.
diablo699900 2 years ago
last year made $80,000 in six mouths with the
UA Pipefitters as a welder
HeadShotHache 2 years ago
im 18 and my first welding job last summer i was able to make $25.20 an hour, and thats without graduating highschool yet
titillerman2004 2 years ago
Way to put in your time
rd6659 2 years ago
your youtube age says 29, not 18
roidroid 2 years ago
ya its fake
titillerman2004 2 years ago
Welding is great. i loved it while i was going to school for it, going back though to finish up. make a living off this welding stuff.
3018mercintell 3 years ago 2
$75000 sounds nice, I dont really like the sound of sitting behind a desk on a computer all day and answering the occasional phone call ;)
The more tickets you get the more interesting the trade becomes I dont think of it like, Im going to be running beads all day long it just doesnt roll through my mind like that at all.
mwm13 3 years ago 4
another thing who the hell wants to sit there and run beads all day?? not me!! Im going into the engineering part of welding and expected to have a starting salery of $75000!!
highriseTJ 3 years ago
All I have to say is that the people in the field are the ones that catch the mistakes of the people in the office. So when you start your drawings, make sure you don't draw a pipe going through a storage tank. Don't draw pipe and air duct running in the same place. And if you design pipe to be hung from the ceiling, make sure you take into consideration the weight f whatever liquid will be flowing through the pipe. Engineers are the smartes dumbest people I know.
diablo699900 2 years ago
oops... of not f and smartest not smartes..
sorry for that folks
diablo699900 2 years ago
well, if you actually knew what you were talking about... you would understand there is a big future in welding.
gmeyer024 3 years ago
Be prepared live on $9 per hour - thanks to illegal immigration and wholesale outsourcing of the American manufacturing base.
AmericanFabricator 3 years ago
Actually, the welding industry is constantly improving with technology and advancements that make it a promising career. It would be absurd to base your opinions on strictly outsourcing, specialized welders make $30 and up, and like any job, the better you get, the more you make. Without welding where would our buildings, bridges, ect. be? It's the foundation of everything...
prhey404 3 years ago 2
Yes, glad to see someone knows more about the welding field than most who post on youtube. Videos on this site boast great pay for welders. Yeah maybe great pay for the fraction of the force that enter unions. Welders pay is very stratified, and unions have an impact on the salary of non union welders. According to the BLS most welders make what I do, about $13
rollininoldstyle 3 years ago
Welding has the widest pay range out of any trade anywere from 9 dollars an hour to 120 dollars per hour Depend what your doing
Gunit420123 3 years ago
true, but im speaking of a representative average as shown on BLS
rollininoldstyle 3 years ago
Let me guess, youre a mig welder right?
rd6659 2 years ago
I weld tig about 90% of the week with the difference spent mig welding
rollininoldstyle 2 years ago