But its nice on a chilly dayOne thing to think about
When it’s hot you get really really hot with ppe and then the heat from the weld it gets even hotter
MeBut its nice on a chilly day
granted not aircon in the office nice ............. but who wants to polish a seat with their asre all day.
do you need an apprentice .. I make a great brew.Me
I go home clean and not covered in burns like I used too
I still do real work but recently didn’t weld anything for 2 months solid
HVAC can only be a growth industry in the uk with the current increasing temperatures.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This. But include Aircon.
Unless you get into a very niche field or are prepared to work very long hours from one end of the country to the other week after week, it's hard to earn a good wage welding.
This is the kind of stuff I do. Automated cladding. Mostly cement sites but more and more energy work.
Much like any automated process the setting up is the skilled bit. Once you're running it's possibly as boring as watching paint dry.
Welding is generally boring. Incredibly boring. Used to do aerospace (2 years). 100 parts one week, 500 different parts the next, then back to the 100 parts, then some stupid tolerance stuff that will take a week per part. £11 an hour I started at and then when I left I think I was on £14 doing that. Sure I could of probably got up to about £15 but that would be the limit to be honest for that type of work.
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Just to echo thiswell i might aswell weight in...sat here burned, sore, tired and as black as a coalman with 4 new plasters on my hands and fingers from todays cuts.
i only weld for 6 months of the year(my other job pays well better but i could weld all year as i have the work) i am a one man band, making anything from small stainless parts to steel frame buildings with a foot print of 4,000 sq ft.
i am currently making a balcony mainly just to prove that it could be done, architect who done the drawings, planning and every one else all say yes that will be nice but how are you going to get it built!?
i love the challenge of it and being my own boss, i give up working for other folk 10 years ago after being let down in a big way, the biggest battle for me is everything costs so much so a investment like a forklift, sheet metal bender.lathe, guiloteen, plasma cutter ect all take a lot of saving up for so unless you have a great deal of savings to put into a workshop then dont go self employed......but then i think your more looking at working for some one
theirs a couple local places round me looking for welders, making gates ect and their about £11-12 a hour, 40 hours a week with overtime if you want, but how boring would that be and when you can work in maccys for £12 a hour and not catch every type of cancer going its a no brainer!
now, if i was single man i would be doing angency work, theirs a place 40 mile away was paying nearly £20 a hour 12 hour shifts 2pm till 2 am 6 days a week over time if you want double on a sunday! but you need a nvq l3 and pass a weld test and security to get on that job
SDC do some nice stuff , Toomes a bit of a trek from here , but for a long time Adams and Montracon were all the same since Freuhauf vanished ,,, but a lot of the big folk here re not paying great rates , Kanes and the like are full of Polish guys on humble money , but doing big hours .I was speaking to a mechanic recently who worked for himself. He has stopped working as a mechanic and is now a full time welder. He loves it. More money, less hours and only 4 and a half days a week and no torture like cars.
In Northern Ireland their is a real scarcity of welders and good wages are paid.
Recently SDC trailers was advertising for school leavers or someone just looking a change, no experience needed,12 week training and a 4 day week.
Thats the truth of it.Don't focus on "x" trade will always have work, be sure you enjoy it first.
You'll never last doing a job you hate
Spot on. The days of big money burning rods on rig fabrication and oil pipelines are long gone.Don't focus on "x" trade will always have work, be sure you enjoy it first.
You'll never last doing a job you hate
I went to the fronius open day and the automated pipeline kit they have was incredibly fastSpot on. The days of big money burning rods on rig fabrication and oil pipelines are long gone.
And 40years or so doing a job is bad enough, but if the moneys pants will make that 40 years feel like 80.
Going to work is just industrial prostitution, selling your time for money, if its not big money youll best enjoy it.
haha spot on there.Going to work is just industrial prostitution, selling your time for money, if its not big money youll best enjoy it.
I would suggest its going completely the other way and its very hard to get anyone who wants to work. And trades men can set the price at whatever they want coz its nearly impossible to get one. And contractors are saying all the trades men that work for them are getting older and no young ones coming through.
To speak to any welding firms around here, they can't get welders and if they don't pay them top prices they move on to another firm that will.
Nobody wants to work anymore.
Ever thought about poetry?Love welding, don't like the pay, its a hobby at night and what I do through the day