Should You Be a Welder? @RealTylerSasse

In todays video Western Welding Academy President "TYLER SASSE" Shows you why welding is a AMAZING career path.

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[billietyree]

I welded pipe in a nuclear plant under construction. I made sure I got to bed early every night, slept 8 hours, had no more than one up of coffee a day and froze in the winter and burned up in the summer. I managed to get into inspection and things really got interesting. Welding is an are but inspection is a science. Loved my work. 89 now and no regrets.

[erat]

Buddy you hit the nail on the head. I was well trained, passionate, and certified. Got a job doing one off, prototype, highly cosmetic tig work, ect. I was 1 of 2 guys in a small shop. I quickly realized how much hard work welding actually was. Thankfully i've moved to a semi desk job and my body thanks me for it.

[KeneticOutdoors]

I started welding in 2007, finished school and went to a small shop that did everything from body work on cars to structural steel and heavy repairs. 8 years at that shop and I left for the oil patch and learned how to weld pipe. It took me about 15 years to get to the top. I do well heads and fix drilling rigs now, travel sometimes 6+ hours a day to get to site, 100 hour work weeks and lots of late night calls. I also get to charge basically whatever I want because there's no one else who does the work and certainly no one else available in the time frame they want it done in. It's a lot of hard work, and constant focus to stay on point but it's worth it when the money is there. I will probably do this for another 5 or 10 years then go into inspection or maybe a management position, welding is something you want to get into and make the money and get out as fast as possible. No other trade pays like welding, most don't actively try to kill you either.

[timdisinger]

Aerospace & Airline welder 33 yrs now . $60 straight time, AC/heat, clean work conditions. Jet engine overhaul exotic alloys. AWS D17.1 Certs every 6 months on 8 different metals

[francisjaniewski]

During my heyday in the 70s and 80s I was a kick azz welder, I was married with two kids I welded piece work at Allis Chalmers then went to a small shop and was certified with Niles steel tank low pressure filtering units. Tested at 185psi. They hydro static tested. The other day I ordered a AWS code chart for welding symbols go figure. I welded probably 30 years. Never was disappointed by the money. I probably bought 300 cars and trucks off my skill. Good Luck future

[mrxxxmiseryg]

Definitely nailed this, as a iron worker/millwright/mechanic of 10 years, there's Definitely money in welding and the drive has to be there. However the toll on the body is also extreme and the danger is real. I work around some of the most flammable and dangerous gases and in environments most people can't imagine and it always makes you take a moment to think when you hear of a death in the industry. For those that aren't sure what part of the field you want in definitely take a long moment for introspection, iron work can and will cripple you early if you don't have a good head on your shoulders and a strong drive to boot.

[lilly]

My grandfather was a welder and traveled for the company. He worked for them nearly 20 years. He's been having me come to the garage having me practice on scrap metal he has. It's been lots of fun and I'm going into trade school soon and I'm excited.

[justinlinarez]

You're not wrong, but you forgot one crucial part, background experience. I discovered welding in my freshman year at college and fell in love with it. Took every class the school offered, specialized in uncommon skill sets, passed all certifications, graduated with a welding degree and even enrolled in a nationally recognized program sometime later. In the end, every job I found wanted 5+years of experience to even apply. I had to stick with low paying jobs to get the background experience required while looking, applying and testing for unions, iron workers and shipyards while not having the means to follow the work. 10 years later here I am, after exhausting all local options and hitting a wall, I've decided to go back to school for a career change. I still love welding and encourage anyone who wants to be a welder if they have what it takes.

[nicklebac]

I work in a welding shop that does almost everything, we do residential structural steel (certified tho in 7018 and dual shield d1.1) ornamental railings, equipment repair, pipe stuff, blacksmithing. Being 3 years in I feel very fortunate to learn all that stuff and do different things often. I think learning as much as you can in the beginning of your welding career will help u decide what you really want to do while having more to put on a resume.

[vesslewis]

I started like most guys, welding in a sweat shop and learning as I went. I was kind of natural with it so I ended up in some machine shops welding fixtures, to union jobs doing structural, a fair amount of production welding (for stability while raising kids) and now I'm self employed with a mobile heavy equipment repair welding business. By far the best way to go. I do linebore work and some mechanical. This has been the most money I've made welding. I love the diversity, the nature, the people and satisfaction of a job well done. My advice? Start there, rather than end there. I'm 58 and starting to show the wear and tear of meanial labor all those years. Too bad...I'm just hitting my stride.

[beaubarkley]

This is great info. I had no idea about the different areas of welding. Thank you Western Welding Academy!

[kindram]

I'm just starting just journey. In a 9 month course in a community college to get an advanced certificate for welding. Today was my first time welding, was always scared of it, but the right gear and personal protection and just doing it. It wasn't so bad. Until my arms started hurting only 30 minutes into a 2 hour session, made some mistakes that I'm not going to make again. And learned when is the time to blast that in water. Overall I had a lot of fun, I'm an artist and the techniques for painting and welding are pretty similar as you can pick how you want to do it while have a good weld. My welds were dog water and some looked okay. I'll get there eventually

[michaelrempel]

I like ur vids man. I've been a welder for 15 years now up in western Canada. I work in a welding shop now that works on small driveshafts to pulp mills. I agree with most of what your saying. Except the redundancy in a shop setting. I've rarely done the same thing twice here. It's all in what the shop would specialise to. Keep up your vids. I love em.

[LunaWeldz]

I’m 18 and I’m so hyped for welding and the great opportunities it will bring. I’m so hungry for this to get better everyday on trying to get better every single and hope I can continue to be better than my group of kids at my age.

[jaxonadrain]

I have been tig welding aluminum for about three years and a lot of people keep telling me to go into the industry professionally. This video cleared up a lot of questions, thanks!

[ZackryRose]

So I graduated from school about 2 or 3 months ago and I've had some little jobs (mainly metal Fabrication) and I recently landed a job at government lab doing Weapons Production. I can honestly say I'm glad I started this career.

[timothyotoole]

man u said it, me stainless tig high pressure, started out welders helper pipe line. definitely had tons to learn& more to come .

[ForgeGiven]

Great info, thank you for putting this out there. Had I seen this 18 years ago; I would have gone to the oil fields instead of the multitude of shops I've been at.

[michaelmiley]

soon as I got to the middle of the video I subscribed to you western welding academy. You taught me something new today and I have been learning on how to weld. And I am gonna think about what you said it is useful.

[randygerman]

Dude, you really nailed it! One thing that I think needs to be mentioned is that while welders are needed everywhere, the highest paying jobs are definitely not! You have to go to where the work is and that can add to the stress both on the job and at home.