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Greetings,

I'm posting this in an effort to help guide my son who has decided on a welding career, so apologies for the multitude of questions but I appreciate the patience.

Some facts:

• Son is 17, junior in high school.
• He has taken all of the welding classes available at his school and is set to take a certification test at the end of this school year.
• To give a frame of reference for trade schools in our area, we live in Jacksonville, FL.

Some questions:

1. At the end of this school year, he will have finished all of the classes available at his high school. I'm concerned about his losing any skills while in his senior year since he won't be in a class. What's a good way to keep his skills up; buy a welder so he can at least lay some beads while at home?
2. I was perusing this subreddit and came across someone who had listed their accomplishments and among them was a master's degree in welding from Ohio State University (Welding Engineering | COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING). I had no idea this type of degree existed, so... what's best here? In other words, should he go to a trade school in town, graduate and work for a time before possibly attending some type of higher education OR higher education first? I've suggested that he reach out to the school to ask them questions, but I want to help him along. Broadly... Is this type of degree worth it?
3. I plan to drive him to the trade schools local to us, so he can ask all of questions he might have, but they might be biased in their answers regarding some higher education/path? (speaking from ignorance here).

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What are good general TIG certs to get?

D1.2, D1.3, D1.6, D17.1? what metals?

Thank you in advance!

PS my instructor/CWI has only ever given d1.1 certs, so I need to find my own Welding Procedure Specification details for him. what are the best ways to get them?

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I appreciate any advice!

Edit* changed tig to mig

I'm Aaron Trattner and I am from Oregon. I came to Western Welding Academy to learn about all the different types of welding. I came here from high school with little knowledge on how to weld pipe. I can say for sertant that I know the ins and outs of how to weld smaw on pipe and GTAW on pipe. There are incredible instructors that came from the field with wonderful knowledge of the industry and different welding styles. Christian on 1st shift was a pipeline guy and I've learned so much from him on stick welding. Chris on 1st shift I've learned so much tig from him and he came from cooling systems in different factories. Thank you too Western Welding Academy for this experience!

-Aaron Trattner

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(Sorry if it doesn’t make sense)

Thank you.

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Possibly the wrong place to post this

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For context in 9 months a company I worked for purchased:

10- cutting edges for 2 skid steers 6- cutting edges for 3 bull dozers 1- blade for a bull dozer 7/8- sets of teeth for excavator buckets 2 buckets for excavators

All while our caterpillar scraper which was hard faced 5+ years ago was still running strong. Every time I tried to bring it up I was completely dismissed.

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Need advice ASAP

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• What do you think are the main reasons for the shortage in the welding profession?
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• Have you ever heard of the term "industrial hygiene"?

I'm trying to validate some ideas. One idea is to provide information and education/tutorial on how welders can access tools to monitor exposure to hazards like fumes and heat. Do you think something like this could improve the growth of the profession? I'd appreciate more detailed feedback if you can provide it https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GYC6JB2 Thanks!

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I’m the Operations Manager of a small/medium size company near Baton Rouge Louisiana. I’m looking for 8+ Welder/Fitters to do heavy steel fabrication. GMAW, FCAW, & some SMAW

If you’re interested, send me a PM and I’ll send you to our website link.

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