Featured Client: Welderbeast Mobile Welding and Repair

Mobile Welding Business Result of Work on Alaska Pipeline
Robi Schreckhise of Lamar is a proud, new business owner. Welderbeast Mobile Welding and Repair, a business name that reflects his time spent working on the Alyeska Trans-Alaska Pipeline, opened in February.
Shortly after graduating from Lamar High School, Robi moved to North Pole, Alaska to start his career. As a member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union, he completed a five-year apprenticeship which consisted of thousands of hours of classroom education and field training. Through his training and experience, Robi now holds multiple certifications and is a journeyman pipefitter/welder with over 8 years and 16,000 hours of experience in his field.
After moving his family to his hometown, Robi continued to travel to Alaska to work for eight weeks at a time, having only two weeks off between work rotations. It was during this time, he started searching for a way to be home more with his family and connected with the ASBTDC.
“The most helpful service the ASBTDC offered me was just the simple assurance that someone had my back. I would have been too scared to just jump out on my own without knowing how things were going to go with my family’s livelihood at stake. The ASBTDC gave me the information I needed as the questions came to me and reassured me every step of the way,” said Schreckhise.
“At the beginning of this year, I decided to strike out on my own and make a way for myself to do the work I am trained and love to do AND to be home with my family. I started Welderbeast because there were no job opportunities as an employee that I was happy to settle with that included my skill set in this area, so I created one by becoming a business owner.”