Heartland Career Center: Welding Report

Becoming a pipeline welder is a quest unto itself because it has so many requirements in not only educational preparation and personal qualities but also in the the daily expectations for this career.

I plan to major in Aerospace engineering. This profession deals with the designing and construction of aircraft and spacecraft. I want to direct my focus on the spacecraft and rocket aspect. When working on spacecraft I’ll be more focused on the astronautical portion. Being in the welding class is really going to benefit me by having the familiarity of working hands on and project making. I plan to be hands-on in my field in my Aerospace engineering career. That’s why having the welding experience would benefit me in my future.

Being a welder is more than just putting a rod on a welder and going to work. It takes passion, devotion, and diligence. I want a career I can

This demands that post high school education be acquired before entering the field. The AWS (American Welding Society) offers the CWI (Certified Welding Inspector) Certification which brings with it a reputation of being a well experienced veteran of the field, and will likely catch the eye of employers. The AWS has certified over 85,000 welding inspectors since the introduction of the CWI certification in 1976("About AWS."). This is focuses on the fine details of inspection of welds not only on pipelines but in any scenario. Before taking the course you must have certain qualifications, which depend on factors like having a GED and if you have an associate degree or higher in engineering technology, engineering, or physical science(. If I only had my GED I will need an additional 5 years of experience in the field, before I would be qualified to take the exam("Do You Qualify?"). The cost is relatively friendly when compared to getting an education via colleges. In total it would cost me around $2,840 to get my CWI certification. Costs considered are the $2,223, one time fee for the 4 day course, and hotel reservations which would cost about $620 total("Seminar/Exam Registration."). On the job training is not an option, however hands-on education is used for some of the course. The AWS is convenient for me because they have seminars all over the United States, and I would be able to attend the CWI course in Pittsburgh, Pa, saving me time and money on travel expenses("Seminar/Exam Registration."). After getting a CWI certification they offer the SCWI certification which is a tier above the CWI but requires an additional six years of experience("Senior Certified Welding Inspector

First, I will cover how to become a pipeline welder. Pipeline welders usually start work by earning a welding certificate. Next, they will generally take up an apprenticeship that lasts three to four years. During this apprenticeship, they will shadow current welders and learn how to perform well under the conditions they are forced to face. After the apprenticeship

To become a welder you need to know a lot , different rods, different types of welding to learn all this you need the right training , there are many technical schools and colleges where you can go to find out the basics of welding. there are many types of welding one of the biggest is stick welding there is also flux core, tig, mig. on the pipeline there is a lot of

To become a welder, there are certain job tasks, special skills and talents as well as a higher education that is needed. For example the job tasks are to operate safely with safe work habits. Also you have to know the welding components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. You have to Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to welding trade. You need to have knowledge for becoming a welder and some of that is design, knowledge of design techniques. Also you need to know mathematics, knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Now the education you need to be a welder is u need to have a high school diploma. You also need to pass a base welding test, you need to graduate from a tech school in welding. Forty One percent of people have a post secondary certificate awarded for training complete after high school. Forty percent have high school diploma, therteen percent have some college- no degree. You need to lean to heat and shape metal and need a associate of science in welding. You can also work up to forty hours a week. Some education vary by employer.

WOW!!! I am already a senior in highschool did that time go fast. Once this year is over i have to get in a mind set on furthering my education and going for my major.

Knowledge is power. You further your education, by going to a post-secondary institution. Wayland Baptist University, a Baptist college, is a university that’s close to home, and will help further my education in welding

The education required to have a career as a welder differ by employer. Employers may require just a high school diploma along with the completion of employer-based welding tests. Some may look for a certificate or undergraduate degree from a community college, technical school, or vocational school. Just like some

If you want to be a welder, and actually have a career, you can go to a welding school and learn how to weld, or you can try to be a welders helper and just learn the trade. Welding can be a tough job if you don’t know what you are doing or you do not enjoy doing it. Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials together (Modern Welding). This is the process that uses fuel gases and oxygen to make a molten pool of metal to fuse together two pieces of metal, called puddeling (oxy-fuel welding and cutting. Wikipedia). If you decide to weld as your profession, most welding school students have little trouble finding jobs and finding people certified to weld correctly (Welding.Wikipedia).

These courses typically take eight to 12 weeks. After you start working as a welder, you can complete jobs such as repairing buildings and bridges. Specific jobs you can work as a welder include field fabricator, arc welder, sheet metal welder or underwater welder. Generally, you must have at least a high school diploma to be hired as a welder. Some cities may mandate that you gain official certifications or licenses before you start working on welding projects. Depending on where you live, it may take several months to meet all the qualifications to become a welder (Chron.com). A considerable portion of pipeline welders work on the oil rigs, pipelines, and refineries that make up the oil and gas industry. However, pipeline welders are also needed in the shipbuilding, automotive, construction, nuclear energy, fabrication, and aerospace industries, as well as the United States Armed Forces. Because pipelines can be found just about everywhere that people work and live and in plenty of places where they don’t. Pipeline Welders can find opportunities in many different fields and locations, from a city water and sewage facility to a remote arctic crude oil pipeline (awsweldlink.org). When you are a welder you have responsibility’s that you would have to

Welding has been one of my passions throughout my years as a highschooler, and this position gives me a great opportunity to expand on my welding career and to follow my dream of welding for work. Some of the ways that show I am good for this position are that I’m a dedicated worker, I’m passionate about welding and that I am a good responsible worker. The reason I am a good applicant for this position is because I am an extremely skilled welder. I am skilled in the field of mig welding, arc welding and pulse tig welding. A past experience that shows I am skilled was when there was a time that I went to a job shadow for welding and I welded for the guy I was shadowing and he said “You’d make a hell of a tig welder.” I also am better than some

Welding became a useful skill from fixing the rocking chair when it broke, to welding my mom a flower pot for mother’s day. I have fixed lawn mowers, tillers, tractors, cars, trucks, and even a limousine. I joined the Liberty Union FFA chapter upon entering high school where I have continued my hobby in the classroom. Taking classes such as agricultural mechanics and outdoor power equipment has allowed me the opportunity to use and improve my skills on machines brought to the shop for repair. Each new task has a different problem, helping me learn and grow in the techniques of forming the best weld for the situation. I became experienced enough by the end of my freshman year that my teacher entered me in a competition at the local fair. To my surprise I ended up getting first place over all of the other competitors. Later that summer, I took a class on welding though Clover Clan 4-H club and competed in the district competition. After winning at the district competition, I went to the state competition during the fall of my sophomore year. I practiced for the competition for months, hoping that I would have a chance against other participants in my age group. Upon arriving, it was clear that most of the competitors there attended a technical school for welding and that I had

The field of welding technology is one of considerably low requirements on the education spectrum while incredibly demanding on the spectrum of general know-how. Welding professionally can be seen as an easy way out for some but a profitable career for others. The typical stereotype often is true, that welders are less educated traditionally, but it does not mean that what they do is non-important. As a matter of fact, a career in welding can put you in NASA. NASA, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is hiring professional grade welders all the time. Welding is needed to build rockets and new technology that could someday be used “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” (“Star Trek”) There are many jobs and careers available in welding but it could easily be said that the idea of welding in space or building rocketships is the most interesting of all and the highest paying. Becoming a welder is not so easy however, while welders may not need the typical education requirements they do require a knowledge of their craft and professional grade welding technique, something that is not easy to pick up. Thus, a career in professional welding such as welding for NASA requires that you are the best of the best. As if that were not enough, you also need to know how to use the various gadgets and gizmos that NASA has created specifically for welding spacecraft. Finally, to top it all off,