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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: ColeT]
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04/24/17 06:01 AM
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Do it while your young and no family/kids. What trade did you aquire? I've been doing it for the last 12 years and it's hard at my age in life.
not sure what the best way to handle them is but they shouldnt be on tv and gettn married and raisin kids
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: ColeT]
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04/24/17 07:25 AM
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Look into a pipeline.. there welders make upwards of $50 an hour and ALL they do is weld. The helper stretches leads and everything else.
Roads? Where we're going, we dont need roads. ~Doc brown
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: Reno]
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04/24/17 01:48 PM
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ColeT
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Look into a pipeline.. there welders make upwards of $50 an hour and ALL they do is weld. The helper stretches leads and everything else. Gotta have experience and a rig
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: Deerslyer86]
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04/24/17 02:49 PM
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ColeT
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You better go get in a shop and really learn how to weld. Only thing those schools teach you is how to pass a weld test. Just because a person can pass a weld test doesn't mean they can weld. Best thing you can do is stay local in a fab shop for a few years before you even think about hitting the road Been in a fab shop for a year
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: ColeT]
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04/24/17 03:06 PM
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You better go get in a shop and really learn how to weld. Only thing those schools teach you is how to pass a weld test. Just because a person can pass a weld test doesn't mean they can weld. Best thing you can do is stay local in a fab shop for a few years before you even think about hitting the road Been in a fab shop for a year ever thought of moving past being a welder and becoming a machinist? good money in that too
Roads? Where we're going, we dont need roads. ~Doc brown
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: Reno]
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04/24/17 03:26 PM
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You better go get in a shop and really learn how to weld. Only thing those schools teach you is how to pass a weld test. Just because a person can pass a weld test doesn't mean they can weld. Best thing you can do is stay local in a fab shop for a few years before you even think about hitting the road Been in a fab shop for a year ever thought of moving past being a welder and becoming a machinist? good money in that too I'm doing some right now. It's not bad. Just don't really enjoy it as much as welding.
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Re: About to start the job hunting
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04/24/17 03:36 PM
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I work for a pipeline company and we are always needing contract welders and if im not mistaken we have a openimg on a Tennessee crew. And brother we travel 200plus days a year I can almost guarantee I don't have the right experience built up
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: ColeT]
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04/24/17 03:46 PM
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No doubt that pipeline welders make really good money but like Cole is saying you can't just walk in and start welding on a high pressure petroleum pipeline.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: ColeT]
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04/24/17 03:46 PM
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What about the shipyards in Mobile? I hear Austal commercials all the time looking for welders.
I know several owners of welding shops down here who do everything from ornamental to huge industrial jobs. If you are interested in coming down this way let me know.
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Re: About to start the job hunting
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04/24/17 03:54 PM
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ColeT
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What about the shipyards in Mobile? I hear Austal commercials all the time looking for welders.
I know several owners of welding shops down here who do everything from ornamental to huge industrial jobs. If you are interested in coming down this way let me know. I've thought about shipyards. But haven't looked seriously into them yet.
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: ColeT]
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04/24/17 04:06 PM
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What about the shipyards in Mobile? I hear Austal commercials all the time looking for welders.
I know several owners of welding shops down here who do everything from ornamental to huge industrial jobs. If you are interested in coming down this way let me know. I've thought about shipyards. But haven't looked seriously into them yet. Austal and VT Halter are 2 of the biggest down here. There is also Patti shipbuilding in Pensacola. Some of our biggest fab shops are: Universal Fabricators WD Rogers Eacambia Welding Rudd Welding Pensacola Metal fab Brownsville Welding Also check out Muskogee Technologies in Atmore
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: auburn17]
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04/25/17 04:57 AM
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What about the shipyards in Mobile? I hear Austal commercials all the time looking for welders.
I know several owners of welding shops down here who do everything from ornamental to huge industrial jobs. If you are interested in coming down this way let me know. I've thought about shipyards. But haven't looked seriously into them yet. Austal and VT Halter are 2 of the biggest down here. There is also Patti shipbuilding in Pensacola. Some of our biggest fab shops are: Universal Fabricators WD Rogers Eacambia Welding Rudd Welding Pensacola Metal fab Brownsville Welding Also check out Muskogee Technologies in Atmore I believe to weld at Austal now, you have to go through their welding school to ensure you can pass a Navy weld test. ColeT, I would do Austal.
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Re: About to start the job hunting
[Re: ColeT]
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04/25/17 05:27 AM
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Listen to SBS Cole. He speaks from experience. He went from a fluffer to his present job with a little edumacation. I wonder if he fluffs on the side? Just protect your eyes. Plenty of guys have gotten rich with a 1 ton with a welding machine on the back working on pipelines and oil fields.
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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