Welders and their jobs...

[Hugh Jass]

So all od you who weld for a living...
What do you acctually do all day?
Do you just sit at a table and weld all day or do you fabricate as well?

 

[Hitch]

I avoid the welding side of things when possible.

I tend to cut, fold, punch, tack together.... then leaave for someone else to weld.

 

[chunkolini]

I make nice things, play loud music and talk to myself wearing a bucket on my head.

 

[Engineer1964]

I make mainly Structural Steelwork, and when the need arises Fire escapes, Stairs, Railings Balconies.

At the moment i'm doing the Lift shaft steelwork for the new PriceWaterhouseCooper offices in London. Big heavy steels and beams.

 

[defender dan]

Love to try welding as a job, after being made redundant whilst doing security . I learnt the basic`s at Cambridge Regional College & got City & Guilds Arc level 1, & Mig level 1+2 so I could weld my land rover up. I`ve applied for several job`s, but most I see want time served welder`s wich is understandable & I`ve been door knocking but with no luck.

Regard`s, Dan.

 

[snowcat]

When I'm not, ordering parts /materials, speaking to sub contractors, chasing work, chasing payment, sorting invoices, doing quotes and or drawings, writing G code, talking to someone on a seven figure salary about some Risk assessments, site plans or renegotiating a price, I might just might be welding at a bench, however more likely it will be some ware that resembles a WW2 prison camp.

However thats only if its not June-Sep when IL be on a tractor seat for 14 hrs a day.

 

[stuvy]

Love to try welding as a job, after being made redundant whilst doing security . I learnt the basic`s at Cambridge Regional College & got City & Guilds Arc level 1, & Mig level 1+2 so I could weld my land rover up. I`ve applied for several job`s, but most I see want time served welder`s wich is understandable & I`ve been door knocking but with no luck.

Regard`s, Dan.

if you can afford it, tell them youl work for low money till you prove your worth

 

[defender dan]

Will definately try that & would`nt mind doing that at all, anything to get my foot in the door & show willing. After I had my bike accident I just wanted to get back to work after being off for so long. I actually took up a security job on my doorstep & did that now for near on 6 year`s til being made redundant without a single day off sick. Only one good thing to show to potential employers is that I`m reliable, as the last thing you want after a 12hour shift is to be told you have to wait 3 hour`s for a replacement guard to cover so we were alway`s on time & no-one was ever off unless seriously ill.

Regard`s, Dan.

 

[Rrunnach]

I watch other people work and, point at what has to be done next, safer place to be

 

[dannyp]

i loose tape measures, make agricultral related stuff shed frames to gates. occasionaly have a go at makeing a mess out of ome bar on the lathe. but at this time a year i spend a lot of time heating bent things up and battering the hell out of them with various hammers and bars till they regain some functionaliy