Bantam071
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Hi everybody. I guess I'm new to welding, although after watching my dad weld for many years it's fair to say I've been acquainted with it for some time.
I do engineering at school - I'm not great at practical although I'm told I'm the best in the group at theory. We recently finished the welding chapter and I scored full marks in the exam.
My dad is a mechanical engineer, my older brother is just about to finish his degree in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering would be my first choice of what to study at university level, however I am deeply saddened as to what has happened to the industry in Ireland. For many years, Ireland had a decent heavy industry. There was a Ford factory in Cork until the 80s, we assembled many of our railway locomotives, we designed and built our own mining machines, and such-like.
Nowadays, if you graduate with a mechanical engineering degree in Ireland, you will most likely end up working with medical devices . My brother had to do his university work placement in a medical devices factory, and he hated every minute. When he began studying, he had hopes for working with engines, transmissions, mining machines, etc. He will now have to move abroad if he wants to work in that type of industry - it simply doesn't exist here. I find it deeply upsetting that mechanical engineering has gone to the dogs in Ireland.
So I guess I have an acute fascination with welding, and I'm seriously interested in pursuing it as a career (after university).
If you have any tips or advice, just let me know, and I'll be grateful!
I do engineering at school - I'm not great at practical although I'm told I'm the best in the group at theory. We recently finished the welding chapter and I scored full marks in the exam.
My dad is a mechanical engineer, my older brother is just about to finish his degree in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering would be my first choice of what to study at university level, however I am deeply saddened as to what has happened to the industry in Ireland. For many years, Ireland had a decent heavy industry. There was a Ford factory in Cork until the 80s, we assembled many of our railway locomotives, we designed and built our own mining machines, and such-like.
Nowadays, if you graduate with a mechanical engineering degree in Ireland, you will most likely end up working with medical devices . My brother had to do his university work placement in a medical devices factory, and he hated every minute. When he began studying, he had hopes for working with engines, transmissions, mining machines, etc. He will now have to move abroad if he wants to work in that type of industry - it simply doesn't exist here. I find it deeply upsetting that mechanical engineering has gone to the dogs in Ireland.
So I guess I have an acute fascination with welding, and I'm seriously interested in pursuing it as a career (after university).
If you have any tips or advice, just let me know, and I'll be grateful!