Large Ship Welder
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2016
- Meet Blake Crome, an Apprentice Welder at Seaspan, an association of Canadian companies involved in coastal and deep sea transportation, bunkering, ship repair and shipbuilding.
As a part of the welding team, Blake gets to work with his hands everyday as he builds large scale ships from the ground up, literally. Thanks to his career at Seaspan, Blake is able to have the life he wants on and off site.
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I've been welding for 25yrs I'm the only welder for a big machine shop, tig/stick and mig. I'm 45, and whenever I have time off I'm usually to knackered to do much... so I watch welding clips on yt!!!
I'm thinking about going to welding school I'm 23 am I making a mistake sont they have equipment to prevent future injuries
@@mattmarquez3938 You're not making a mistake. Just think of a path to take down the road. Welding for 35 years will do a number your body. Weld for 15 - 20 years, then go into inspection, or become an instructor. That being said, everyones body is different.
@@mattmarquez3938 FUCK that shit Matt! If your gonna weld thats OK, but START a business or find way to make another source of income. You do NOT want to be like everyone else living in the rat race overworked and unhappy... atleast not for your whole life! Best wishes Matt 🤜
knackered? off to google I go...
@@NuttedInYoMom seriously dude fuck that, sounds like a terrible life. Go build/weld a gate for $200 and sell it for $1800 on Facebook. Do two a week and you’re set while only working 20 hours.
People are brainwashed into working hard. But I’ll admit it is nice to know you’re guaranteed $1500 a week instead of making $5000 one week and not making anything the next two. Then making $4k..... actually yeah fuck a real job lol
Show the part where you have to crawl into tight spaces welding while crouch down!
Yo whats up Kim it’s Vladimir
Yup. Hands and knees. Welding upside down on the ground bent over a beam.lol
Fun hard hot work. Keep up
KIM, ya'll come back to Nam real soon ya hear?
Kim Jong-un Kim lol yeah I don’t understand why they sugar coat the video? But it be the people filming who want it like that not the welders.
Should I not do this job If im claustrophobic?
Poor kid. I was the same way when I first started as a welder. Proud, excited, high expectations for the future.., now I just want to die.
Ken Horn I know what you mean, some guy came in to give a presentation on something like this and lost a limb😢 (he was from WorkSafe BC)
@@ZacharyC lmfaoo same man
Shit man same here I'm no welder I'm an engineer the pay is SHIT they said it would be a great career yeh great if you want a high stress job for low Pay
True FCAW isn't any good dirty ass wire ton's of smoke and constant flash burns working close to one another must of all they don't pay well.
Ken Horn...what a fucking moron you are.
this is totally unrealistic the journeyman will talk shit to the new rookie welder always
thats kinda what i was thinking.
Texmex89 I don't know where your fun but I'm British Columbia Canada it's a criminal offence and you can be charged
alex gleis
Not to a purple belt.
im from bc and apprentices get it hard anywhere. its part of the training. we arnt here to have feeling we are here to get the job done. obvs there is a limit.
6 years in the shipyard an believe me its not like this video
No it sucks.
@@bud7707 you got out the crazy house?
what is working at seaspan like i was thinking of trying to get a job there after i finish my apprenticeship
Is it. More funner or less funner
A harder then that
Great video. I love how he made it clear that there is hard work getting into an apprentice program. He’s 100% right. I worked at an exhaust shop from 8-6 five days a week while going to school from 6-9. Left work a little early or showed to school a little late. Made it work. Long days those were man. I applied to 150 plus jobs in my area before getting into where I’m at now.
Welder/fabricator B pressure ticket, stick, mig, tig, eutalloy, spray, and straight gas, open torch. Now 63 years old, welding for 45 years. Lungs are shot. Eye sight is shot. Knees are shot. Hands badly arthritic. Shoulders limited rotation. Now disabled and won't live to be an older man. A lifetime in the trades, has its limitations later in life. Get a good pension plan.
What did you expect ? Welding ain't a cake walk .
I don't expect to live past 70.
Rain Coast .....your 63 sir. What do you expect to happen when you grow old.... aha
Bougathan Purim
Your turn is coming. tick tock tick... lmao
Rain Coast haha your bet your ass it is!
some still welding at 65 yet some Get wrecked.. Pension plans yes I agree to the fullest!
Being a welder can be a very rewarding job. I have been in the welding business for many years. There is a satisfaction and that comes with building something from a set of plains and the ideas of man. The entire process, many times, is quiet intriguing and inspiring when one considers its birth as an idea, the research, engineering and design that goes into the production of drawings used to convey technical data that ultimately produces a product, or in this case, a massive sea going vessel.
The process, and numerous trade skills that go into the process, is for some - myself included, very rewarding. It's hard work. The atmosphere can be challenging (people and places), but it can be a very respectable and rewarding career choice. "Rod burning" is simply the beginning of what can become a very technical, academic and intellectual job that can indeed be quiet lucrative. One must remember, no matter what your vocation in life, a fool and his money soon part.
Hey, is there any heavy duty weld process that require, someone heating a weld zone right after the welder has passed, and keeping it hot so it can be forged down with hammer hits, ?
"you can buff that out" - Journeyman welder. yup checks out
My former mother-in-law did this work. She started in WWll , welded well into the 1970's at the Bethlehem shipyard in Beaumont, Texas. She spoke of how the fumes would make her sick sometimes, depending on what materials she was welding. Much respect, even if her daughter was an ass-hat.
ever breathe phosgene gas? I have been poisoned with almost every kind of welding fume not fun. wear a respirator!
LOL
I did this work in Finland. Started as a welder, went on to become a foreman then moved to work planning. Great experience.
I have worked as a mig steel welder in shipyards for 7 years for building many coast guards ships,this job is difficult and challenging but also well paid
When i look at these guys i think „what the hell are they doing?“ i am a welder in Germany and i never stretch or do something like that before work 😂 i drink some coffee, smoke a cigarette and im good to go 😁
Nero Machiavelli definetly fine, we know how to make something out of the people who ran from the wars started by the US Government 😘
Right on right there
Are you telling us that you don't exercise, smoke and proud of it?
Eh, why smoke, just breath the fumes instead when you need a fix
Factssss
The video title is misleading he's actually average sized for a welder.
Nice video and I m so proud to be a welder for more than 20 years now I'm 45 years old still learning every day
I bought an everlast welder last summer and love welding. Just watching videos like this makes me want to weld! How do I get started with a job welding?
Apply everywhere! And if possible try to get a cert, as most companies will prefer you. Of course experience itself is recommended. and if you have any family or friends in the trade, ask around. Sometimes you don't even need a cert to start working, AND!!! and, sometimes if you're recommended by a current employee you'll be one of the most preferred, as there's a ton of camaraderie and prejudice in the field. Good luck
Hecttor M Pacheco hey I drank diarrhea
Hecttor M Pacheco how's your vision? your lungs?😀
brushy mountain
Bon appetit
you enjoy it..
One million jobs in bBC, most of them in the trades. What he does not tell you is that these welding companies expect a first year to have the experience level of a 20 year journeymen, and only pay you 15 bucks an hour.
just saw a job the other day $12/hr wanting 3-5 years. fuck that ill be a walmart greeter for 12
Countryboy2206
real shit bro, i’m a shipfitter so yeah we tac weld but you know what???
with all the weld smoke and other shit we are exposed too i rather work at walmart atleast i will live longer!!!
btw if a welding company offer $12.00 an hour where you from????
that seems unrealistically too low!!
i work for Huntington Ingalls Industry
us shipfitters and welders get paid the same
$19 - $29 an hour just depends on experience!
Nobody in my company makes less then $19.
Kim Jong-un I'm in Texas and jobs would ask 3-5years xp, paying 9.50, to 13.
That' a shit ton of money in mexico we made 12 dollars a day...
In Ensenada, buenos aires, 4.2 dollars per day
20 yrs old and I work for a shipyard in Tampa, Florida. Must say great career, great benefits and pay. I wouldn’t have went a different rout so far in my life! Despite all the health risks, wearing proper PPE greatly combats health risks and knee pads save you as well. If you can make it in a Shipyard, you can make it anywhere! Would recommend this career to anyone who is willing to work hard and doesn’t mind getting dirty, not to mention working up to 80+ hours a week! Minimum over here is 50. Good Luck!
If someone says “welders have terrible eyesight” no. That’s such a lie. Welders get terrible eye sight bc they think “OH ILL JUST TACK THIS HERE W NO HELMET WONT BE THAT BAD” Because that 30 seconds to throw a helmet on was too much effort so they’ll ruin their eyes instead.
Or their hood flashes. That shit is horrid
focusing intently on a bright flame all day is very much not good for your eyes in the long run. Not to mention if you accidentally flash yourself or from other people welding near you, or like these guys said your mask fucks up. Thats happened to me once and i've hardly welded.
Facade
And when they say their lungs are shot they forget to mention they are a pack a day smoker as well - and probably ‘forgot’ their respirator half the time.
@@DatBoi-mo9vc if you are talking about automatic hoods, they are all built in a way that doesnt damage your eyes. If you get blinded by one it might be annoying but almost 0 uv comes through so your eyes are perfectly safe.
Dude you hit the nail on the head with that one . It’s so hilarious to me how people I’ve met over the years still continue to do that . I worked at a structural fab shop and the fitters were old ass men . Everyday I’d watch them tack up beams and just close their eyes . No gloves , no hood , no long sleeves .
Wife? Hiking? Days off? Bhahahaha!!!!!
Don't need either of them. Money and work is life.
It's not that we dont need them, its we dont get them with real welder work lol. Always working 7 10s and 7 12s traveling. .
This video is fake and scripted as fuck... it's a realy hard to find a welding job where you can just work 8h and go home.. almoust everywhere you need to stay a bit longer you need to travel to another place... company does not want to get you new mask filters.. so welders who lives best is the one who work at their home private for themself...
@@Amp661 than your life got so suck i gues
@@PUNTKOMMA69 what?
I did my apprenticeship as a machinist; just like a welder, it’s a trade you can be proud of and can be as limitless as you want it to be.
1 question before i click off the video? what the hell does him and his wife taking walks on a snowy hill have to do with a large ship welder?
*THEY FUCK OUTDOORS MATE! THEY FUCKING FUCK OUTDOORS!*
Shows he has time off. If you weld and you dont weld in a union shop you are fucked. The money may be better, at times but you get no free time. I work 9 hr days 6 days a week. With 2 weeks off a year, one week for christmas, one for july 4.
Everyone has something they do outside of work bro. In his case having a wife that likes to walk on snow covered hills lol
All part of the wanky propaganda of this video series.
@@montinaladine3264 well said, wanky propaganda, this planet is full of it
i started welding 3 years ago and i love it. in september, i'll me making my international welding speciallist. looking forward to this
Hope you got it!
Good luck with your career ahead ☺️
I'm slowly working on to become a certified welder in all types. I'm glad I've choose this career, and this video is what it takes to be a apprentice welder
im currently certified in GMAW and FCAW. FCAW, SMAW, and GTAW are the highest paying processes from what I have seen
what a inspiring video, I study nursing and became nurse for 5 year but now im a registered welder and a certified welder/fabricator/fitter, working in hospital is very different in fabrication everyday is different, unlike in hospital. im happy as a welder and I want to learn more please make more video like this thank you
andrian acbo Hi andrian im certified welder in korea I just wonder are there many women welder in your country^^
i am a women learning welding tomorrows my 6g test still finding difficult to make preparation for layers 😔 sometimes i feel depressed and hopeless 😔
임경진 are you also a women learning welding ?
You want to be a welder and want time for your family? Good luck! Haha
Haha I was thinking the same, you want to be a good paid welder than prepair to work a lot of overtime a sometimes even 24hours or on sunday. But still I love being a welder!
ARCSTREAMS your luck does not account for everyone thats a welder.
real pros dont brag about how many days off they have bud lol
Arcstreams how many years were you one of those poor suckers who you make fun of? I am happy the company I work for currently needs me 6 to7 days a week, if we hit a recession the will still need me 4 or 5 days a week. At 3 days a week the only place you have to go is out the door, if you hit a recession. Then you either try to live on unemployment or go get a new job with the suckers again. I don't know where your from but in the U.S. unless you have a government job the security of your job is marginal at best. If you work in manufacturing and are that cocky you are naïve! Best of luck to you :)
Yaishk 60 hr. weeks are pretty common. Quality welders are overworked, underpaid and under appreciated but welding gets in your blood. It is somewhere between a passion and a sickness but I love it also. Welding has let me give my family a lot more than I ever had!
The trades is the way to go. Just landed a union apprenticeship with Local 98 in Philadelphia. I'm 19 making great money already and learning amazing stuff. Im proud to be a tradesman.
velezcr11 which tradesman are you? Welder? I’m thinking about becoming an electrician because they make good money, well all tradesman make good money obviously.
EC3 My brother in an apprentice electrician. and says he likes it pretty well.
Great to have another young man as a union brother
Local 915
wait till you`ve done 30 years, see how you feel then
I'm a welder in washington state n I love it. When I get bored joking around and trying new things helps
I earned a class 1 structural welding license at 17 and lost it after I joined the USMC, welding was my true passion in life
I will bee doing my boilermakimg apprenticeship starting next month for Dormac in Cape Town I'm so nervous but this video has inspired me
Turn up on time, leave your ego and phone in the tool box and you'll do just fine mate. I had a south african teach me and am grateful for all the lessons including the arse kickings i got when a job wasnt done right, good luck
Strorm things will never get to be worse than you can comprehend! No matter what comes to you there is educational things that will be able to help you if you are a nice Kid,and most of all, are keeping your mouth closed about your many triumphs. Because every one else that you have a chance to work beside will have done more than you can see or imagine for the several more years!
I only started welding about 9 months ago, and I'm welding dumpsters for 14$/hour with stick/mig. No previous training whatsoever. As a 21 y/o this sure as hell beats working at a grocery store.
Until you get older.
Your 21 start saving your money now so you can find a way out.
no way i would weld if i wasnt making at least 30$ an hour. im just a j-man welding in alberta and thats basically the starting wage for journeymen
Where are you working ? I know several places that will hire you and give you $20/hr +
I'm a 41 yr old welder and I'd love to work in a grocery store
I worked as a facility installation mechanic in the Litton ship yard in Erie Pa. back in the 70s i loved it, it was the most proud job i ever had.We built the first 1000 footer Steward J Cort great lakes ship.
Going on my 3rd year welding in a ship yard in Texas. Long hours cold nights hot days confined spaces. This video makes it look like a dream job.
Are you guys union?
@@jjtmmjjmm2113 sadly no. Ppl voted no
@@randomsomebody7958 damn that’s a shame I guess most ship builders are sheet metal and boiler makers gives people the opportunity to transfer anywhere in the country
Kids?!
Wife?!
Weld ya chap. WELD!!!
Kljeko0 weld you a family 😂
Kljeko0 did you want me work with you I'm artist welder
Kljeko0 😂
@@johannsalas7050 lmfao
nothing like the feeling of "welder pride" I love the feeling of telling people I'm a welder.
♥️
Almost 20yrs as an electrician. I couldn't hardly count to 10 without thinking how much I wanted out of it. I finally did get out, and now there's electrical work around my house that goes undone because I never want to see it again.
I have been doing this welding work for 20 long years in this profession, I like it very much! I am an 6G welder.
They probably picked the most pc guy for this video😂😂
I want to be optimistic about being a welder my dad is a super big inspiration but it's so hard with people saying it was the worst career choice or all the side effects of welding for long periods of time.
I'm almost a year into welding school and I love it. You have to be very safety conscious, but man does it feel good to consistently make a pretty weld
Finally someone else that sees welds as handwriting. I like that he sees it as a signature. It's handwriting for sure :) Hi Blake.
I'm a mature aged guy 50 years of age and had been wanting to change trade a few years ago and learn to weld,and become a welder,but it's amazing reading the comments how quickly I have changed my mind,but what most jaw dropping to me was how little you guys get paid,for a quite difficult job,and dangerous at that too,but pretty sure in Australia where I am from,they earn alot more money,and even more if you work on mine sites in remote locations.
A job with honor. Great. Be Proud.
ummm no
Matthijs Klepper mig welding
Matthijs Klepper sir welder job me 8574938209 me
This is not a profile of the Marines.
Haha I know.. what honor. Just work and do a job.
my father are welder becuz of him i finish my study :)
wishing you the best in your career
I hope Ill find that kind of inspiration
you are lucky to have someone supports you in your passion
Going to school at the moment for welding hopefully it takes me to a good career hopefully new adventures and enjoying my new career🙏
As a welder, I worked in gate and railing shops, auto body, industrial truck body shops, steel building manufacturer and machine shops. Several constant themes exist in these environments. Tyrannical bosses, deadline pressures, under equipped shop. Drug addicts, drunks, tweekers as co-workers. Bullying, scheming, manipulative, back stabbing, stealing co-workers. Low pay, hot sweaty warehouse, filthy bathrooms, vulgar Low class co-workers. When I opened my own shop and controlled things is when I made lots of money and had quality of work life. Becoming your own bass is best. I suggest taking business courses.
No hate, but welding hardly requires any qualification. Thats why would see so many fucked up people there.
@@obi-wankenobi9871 no hate taken, you did good. Not just any office pinkeye or weed picker or grocery bagger can just walk into a weld job shop and hit the ground running. Qualifications you say, a lot goes into being worthy of employment in this industry. Some knuckleheads refuse to better themselves no matter how many opportunities pass by. Some let themselves prosper and rise above the mediocrity. Our industry doesn't attract Rhodes scholars, but you know when you are working with a dynamic person that exhibits true skills and problem solving talent.
I think if someone wants to be a welder, do your best to get into the aerospace sector. Ide assume the people there are better...
Ditto.
Awesome video, very inspiring for students to see what is possible with some dedication and the right mindset.
Thanks Dean! We are so glad people see value in our content. Check out more videos on our channel and website.
Dean Zaluski ok look. I had a class of 20 welders. Only 7 of us actually excelled . The others just did not have the touch. You have to want to weld. You just don't pick up and start welding
Yeah, wanting to learn is important. Good teaching also helps.
I just got out of school i started knowing absolutely nothing about welding....when I finished school...I can now easily MIG TIG and STICK with a smile on my face. Now I build rat rods.... I have found my passion. 👍 excellent video
I dont know how to weld but this what i want as a job someday i wish i could learn and master the art of welding so i could weld and work on ships as well you guys are awesome
what kind of respirator is that.? I tig weld stainless. very little fumes but sometimes welding on dirty material makes some smoke. I try not to breath it in but can't stop in mid weld.
The hexavalent chromium from tig welding stainless is still toxic even though you can't see any smoke. Also, ozone can be created, and it irritates the lungs. That's worse than the little bit of smoke from a little oil coating being burned off.
Edjonson The IV not sure, but miller makes one that is cheap and works well.
Edjonson The IV it's a 3m half mask with p100 pancake filters
The pink 3M 2097 hepa filters are the ones you want for the welding. A standard P100 will let the smoke and fumes through.
@@phiksit actually u wanna go with 2297. More expensive but lasts way longer. just to be safe.. 2097 is partially good for welding
im welding for 2 years only but 12hrs/day and my back is hurting so much
can you raise your work to a more comfortable position? get out if you can
Keep your back straight. Not hollow not bend but straight. Its better for your spinr
Get out now while u still can
If you are under 30 I recommend taking those years of welding experience and trying to find a union to join, like Pipe Fitters/Iron Workers. They usually have benefits, and you’ll learn a lot more than just welding.
Hahahahaahauajaikajjjahahhahahwh!!47
i loved dedication and professionalism of you guys. Keep it up.
Welding has been go to me. I was a welder fabricator for 24 years. Now live in Japan as a CWI making huge money.
When I started, back in the late 1970's, the day would start when the old timers would give me some money. Then I would head down and get a few cups of coffee, and a couple of half-dogs of Canadian Mist. The old boys would have to get 'tightened up' before they would light up an arc or head up on the iron. After lunch, the crew would be smaller as most of the guys weren't able to leave the bar after lunch. Oh well, things have certainly changed!
that mist will tighten ya right on up -get u pretty damm looose too
What is a half dog of canadian mist??
Damn I wish I could get tight at work.
Sea Span where they hire 100 then let go 100 because the don't have enough red seal to watch them and loose work to over sea shipyards due to mess ups and under bidding.
Im in training for welding foundation C level and I wanna work there after my training in march!
It helps when you have a good head on your shoulders. This guy is smart for his age. Great to see.
Being a welder is an awesome career ;however, invest in a small fan to blow all the smoke away from coming up in your face while you weld. A face mask is just a preventive notion that obviously works well however you need the FAN to expedite all the flame contaminates away from your face so you too could live to see your grand children grow up.
i would reccomend this or invest in a battery powered airfed mask, (pulls and filters the air from a pack that sits on a belt away from the smoke plumes)
Spot on i was a welder boilermaker 30 years i now have asma cant get rid of it , wearing mask,s p2 dont stop it , the metal filings are flouting around in those shops you take it in every day .i should of been a carpet cleaner 30 years ago what a waist of life poison poison poison .start a small business put your effort into it , you will be rewarded in the end .when your sick no one wants to know you ,dont forget these words.
Alan Hughes www
you're absolutely right. I already own a Speedglass 9100FX and I'm gonna invest in one of those filters even though they're expensive at first but you'll use it every day. For me a respirator is hell as soon as it's more than 20°C outside.
elschmiddo #metoo speedglas all the way
I am proud to be a civil engineering student
I started welding right before my 14th birthday and I did it at my dads shop as well
From the age of 16 to 32 i welded ships,pipelines and offshore construction. Myself and others worked 12 hrs a day 7 days a week, to a man the people who never left the trade suffer horrific breathing problems .The reality is very much different than this video would suggest.I am 58 and have chronic asthma which my doctor put down to this particular trade.
Ok so it’s sounds like you have experience, I’m going into my Senior of High School this September and I an genuinely interested in welding. How do I start up my journey into it? I will be taking a Welding class at my high school which spans the whole school year but what should I do after? I definitely want to be in a Union and I am eyeing up pipe welding of some sort. Should I join a Union/get an apprenticeship or should I go to a trade school? There is a Lincoln Tech school near me as well as the Local 602 Steamfitters which is kinda near me. If you were in my position what would you do?
I'm in my sixties, but reading some of the comment really turned me off in pursuing a new career in welding. I guest I'll stick with being a hiking tour guide through Alberta and BC.
That is one hell of thing to put up with your retirement. Enjoy!
7:10 no he’s building a boat
Oh boy! I’ll share what my first supervisor told me back in 1979 on my first day.
“ Kid, you got three years to get out of here” oh I said what do you mean? “ he said after three years if you’re still here you’re stuck here. Use your head get out of this Place it will kill you overtime” I didn’t listen to him and spent 21 years in the shipyards. My supervisor asked me how old do I think he is I was afraid to respond because he looked like he was 90.he said I’m 53 and I light one match a day, chain smoker.Holy shit , he was right. I’m 61 now been in the trades 40 years and feeling every minute of it. I spent 21 years of forty years in the shipyards surrounded by drug addicts and killers. I don’t know where this young man is but it’s not San Francisco back in the day. It was not a friendly place. Journeyman beat the shit out of a young guy physically and mentally and as soon as you turn out , you’re laid off. Maybe that’s the way it is now kinder, gentler. Buy a house, get married, have kids and get killed, or otherwise destroyed by the evil empire.
Oh yeah, you’re wife is cheating on you while you are at work. Remember, she knows where you are at all times, you do not know where she is at any time.
Believe me, she’s fucking someone else.It happened to me and it happened to Countless other guys I worked with. Never trust the bitches.
I am looking for welding job's for my new welding rig the start of next year.
What sort of money per year would a qualified welder/fabricator make in BC? Just curious as im currently in an apprenticeship also and wouldn't mind perhaps one day moving over from new zealand once ive finished my time
Ryan C If you like working 60+ hour weeks you can make a lot. I don't live in B.C. but I do work shipyards and it runs about the same. I am starting a new job soon for about 91K a year.
cheers for the info man.
Ryan C where do you work in nz and who for ?
I came for the welding, stayed for the Jiu Jitsu.
The sort of young man any parent would be proud of!
I’m 13 and I want to get into welding I only have sting welder now is it a good trade to get into
5:11 I think that's unsafe, call OSHA.😄
Haha I saw that too. 😅
Stretches in the morning and by 10 he's perched on the top of an A frame ladder like a bird.
Used to be a man could work a blue collar job, nice home, wife at home, kids in school, two new cars in the driveway
the Reagan era ended the American Dream.
Jim T No, that’s just when the high taxes required for our huge welfare system, which also makes people directly dependent on the government, started to really hurt.
@@orppranator5230 It was Nixon/Kissenger. They ended the gold standard, enabled Fiat money, opened up trade to China. All the fake money flowed into China to build manufacturing and this destroyed the middle class in the US, Europe followed suit.
Reagan axed the unions, Clinton brought us nafta. You’re a fool if you think anyone in the White House has had our back for the last 80 years
Being a welder is like being a Force Recon Marine... In other words.THE BEST!
not even close dipshit
Gonna be a good worker. Love what you do
I go to a technical high school for welding gotta start young
Justin Worthington agree I did that in highschool for 2 year's
I thought my calling was the army.i did 8 and left..7 weeks ago I started college at almost 30 for welding...i do believe that is what I was meant to do..8 week class and I finished in 6 with no prior experience besides what I've picked up myself...my father was a welder for 40 years so I guess it's in my blood...i love my career choice and hope to have slot of good years ahead of me.
Can I get an update, how has everthing been?
What an awesome video, thanx for sharing 👍
I'm still in school for welding (first year) but what type of welding is he doing? GMAW?
Blake Edward FCAW
Who all that it was a woman before clicking the video?
It was the reason I clicked on it. I thought it was a woman welder
He has chick eyes
Has Chick eyes
@2:25
I there was too lol 👍
Lmao
Time for family? And you work in a shipyard? Maybe that shipyard is different than the one I was at for 10+ years. Good luck
Bitch
Another happiest thing is you are doing a great welding with a great lincoln welder,,,congratulations rock the welding,,,....
How many double bottom tanks have you had to craw in on your back and weld overhead with 6010 rods? That's what I thought.
My uncle used to weld Navy ships in Maine
Everybody in Canada wears overalls all day?
Better than destroying your own clothes. You can go home at the end of the day and not have your clothes covered in grit, metal shavings and holes. I sure wish the yard I worked at would have provided them.
Those are coveralls, locally called coveys.
where i weld your required to wear them it saves your clothes and adds an extra layer of “protection” lol
Anyone know how much these exact welders make?
omg this guy do his job with all the ways all welders love to do it !!! just sell me dream thnks
My teacher used to say he was an idiot over and over for ever becoming a welder. I think this is a false representation of how it is to weld in general. Id say its a boring job (fits me perfect im not complaining) the pay is very low, where I live the average wage is 21.000 SEK (I earn 34k but thats not very representative) 21k SEK = 2100 EURO. Most of the time they dont care about quality and even if they do, the company you work for usually lack the knowledge so they dont even know what quality they want. You can pretty much pick up a beggar outside the first best store and put a MAG, TIG or whatever in its hand. Alot of strength is usually not required but.. it can be very exhausting depending on what you do.
Another swede. I am a half Swede that moved here from the USA. Yeah I agree completely. Had passion the first 2-3 years now I'm bored out of my mind. The money is honestly shit for what is required of us and the health hazards we put ourselves at risk for. Luckily we are in Sweden where college is free if one wants to leave this trade.
They do Stretches...Thats so cute!........................
yeah.. it is!
Ok youngster. When you get older... you'll need to warm your ass up... Just like you preheat cold metal before you weld on it.
Preheat thick metal ;)
We have to for the company I work for. Most large companies are implementing stretching before work because of insurance companies so.
Its mandatory in our company. 10 minute warm up every single day. no exceptions.
Go man welding is a good carrier now I,m barge superintendent watching you it remind me of my self
sensacional que belo video, e compartilho as paixões... tanto pelo jiu jitsu como pelo processo de soldagem, apesar de nao trabalhar diretamente com solda e fabricação, acabo que soldando quase diariamente. congrats for the great video
Badass...
Metal melting badass...
Well paid metal melting badass...
well paid metal melting badass with skillsets that would put neurosurgeons to shame!
Who could say no?
BigBadBeef ,
Sorry. I work in healthcare and seen brain/spine/open heart surgery and you can't compare a welder to a surgeon.
Ego says yes... but you lack the education to compare any welder to a doctor.
Dave Smith AwwqA
he was talking about skills not education. A master surgeon stands out from the rest and so does a master welder.
Paul Ferris haha the only people that say welding is easy are the ones who have never done it... its always a laugh seeing clowns like you have your egos cut down to size by something as simple as a smaw 6013 pad drill
@laurie agnew Why, have you ever performed even a simple surgery? See who is the clown then. Respect for all professions is something you are unaware of.
How do you aplly to work in those companies for large ships etc?
This was interesting all by itself. Did you really have to shoehorn the jujitsu thing into it?
I'm 16 and learned how to weld in my school, its hot and sometimes unforgiving, but damn is it fun. And this is just in my class....wonder if I'll continue with it.
Gas Mask read the top comment from the experienced welder bro
What company is going to pay for a crew do warmups and stretches?
Gotta be Canada with the pre work stretches and the wearing of a respirator. In the US I've never seen a welder do either.
I'm in Kansas with two certs from jr college and was certified by a cwi in flux core for 3g up to any thickness. does anyone know how I can get my foot in the door for shipyard welding?
Try Roadtechs.com and hook up with a staffing firm. Pay in the shipyards isn't usually that great though, but a good place to get your foot in door and do some travel.
J P get the hell out of Kansas, not known for its shipyards!
Im fcaw welder for almost 4 year in japan shipyard and still working as of now. i hope i can apply in your company.
Guys I'm studying welding on my school but that welding on the boat that smoke isn't really bad for you?
Everything looks so ideal, this can't be propaganda in an industry with high attrition.
Nothing wrong with working physically hard! 💪😎
I am a welder 12 at experience, currently working in England but I am thinking of moving to the US what certifications do I need to get work in the yard, and how much they cost as long as the course takes
Hi Jarek! This video is about a Canadian Welder. If you are interested in looking into SeaSpan check out their welder information here - www.seaspan.com/apprenticeship-welder