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What is a great Location to start at in Welding
I'm concern on what is the top category in welding you have to do to make a comfortable living style #money .
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When I was 17 or 18, I thought I wanted to be an underwater welder. The pay at the time was amazing because only a few people ever consider doing this sort of work, which consists of diving and welding oil rigs or whatever is underwater I suppose.
I then took a welding class at a local junior college to get a feel for welding and then looked into a more specialized school that actually taught underwater welding and I got scuba certified.
Around the same time I also got a job cleaning boats and yachts. This consisted of wearing a wet suit and diving under the boats to scrub the moss and barnacles etc that build up on the hulls, also a high paying job. The first day went well, it was hard work, which I didn't mind.
The next day, I cleaned a boat while the tide was low and found myself kind of squished under it. I finished up and proceeded to go to the next boat I was scheduled to clean and must have stared at it for a 1/2 hour. I couldn't stand working underwater no matter what it paid and that officially ended my not-yet-started career in underwater welding.
I would google what the highest paying jobs in welding are and then go talk to people actually doing it. I would think something like Aerospace or other highly precise type of welding would be where the best and highest paying jobs are. Maybe even underwater welding...
I then took a welding class at a local junior college to get a feel for welding and then looked into a more specialized school that actually taught underwater welding and I got scuba certified.
Around the same time I also got a job cleaning boats and yachts. This consisted of wearing a wet suit and diving under the boats to scrub the moss and barnacles etc that build up on the hulls, also a high paying job. The first day went well, it was hard work, which I didn't mind.
The next day, I cleaned a boat while the tide was low and found myself kind of squished under it. I finished up and proceeded to go to the next boat I was scheduled to clean and must have stared at it for a 1/2 hour. I couldn't stand working underwater no matter what it paid and that officially ended my not-yet-started career in underwater welding.
I would google what the highest paying jobs in welding are and then go talk to people actually doing it. I would think something like Aerospace or other highly precise type of welding would be where the best and highest paying jobs are. Maybe even underwater welding...