wannabe wrote:
This school will help me get a job and learn how to weld, how can you tell me this wont help?
Not saying it wont help, just saying, dont believe everything your told. I found out not too long ago that Wyotech requires its students to do overhead welds as a series of tacks, instead of teaching them how to do a proper overhead weld. So that, combined with the people who have been "schooled" that have come and gone here, have me wondering about schools.
Also just giving you an option if you want to get your foot in the door, most of the high paying places require 1-2 years of professional experience before you can get a job with them.
DrifterExtreme wrote:
also were joel is there a huge need for tig welding most places mig so why do you want to tig????
If you want to TIG there is another place in Jamestown here, Champ Industries, base pay is $15/hr and goes up with years of experience, they only want guys who TIG right now, they build bus frames. I would be there but I dont know how to TIG.
wannabe wrote:
I never said I was going to be king shit, but quality of welds talks, and bullshit walks.
What you think is a good weld, means bullshit. You may think you have a good weld or good enough, but its up to your employer if its good enough or not.
And whoever tells you you won't make big bucks welding, well, they arent looking for the right oportunities.
A guy I work with, his parents work for Bobcat, and are just about to retire early, his dad has been working 12 hour shifts 7 days a week to get as much money as he can, he figures he is getting roughly $50/hour for the overtime he's putting in.
Like I said, welding jobs in Fargo start, (read start), at $15-17/hour, once you've had that one or two years of experience for most places. Bobcat pays $18/hr start, and you dont even need experience, just need to be able to weld. You can go to the railroad as well, start out at $17/hour and they will send you to school to do rail welding.
If I were you though, I would be honing up on your stick welding. Why? ethanol plants are opening up all over ND, they are trying to open up the old oil pumps, there is gonna be a big demand for welders here once things get going.
If I knew how to stick, I could be down where my folks live making $22/hour working on a pipeline rig, or I could be running my own pipeline rig and making like $50/hour.
Theres money to be made all over with welding, welders will never be replaced in ND by robots, certain parts are made by robot at our plant, but one of the best welders we have runs that, and robots would never be able to weld most of the stuff produced in ND (farm equipment).