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Owen
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What is daily life of a welder like
I have been thinking I've like the idea of welding as a whole as I love to see creations come together just how i want them to and I just wanted to see how a welder lives there normal life #welding
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Brian Foley
Steamfitter/Welder
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Poughquag, New York
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I’ve answered this type of question before. I copied and pasted my previous answer. Hope this helps you out.
I am a Steamfitter out of UA Local 21 Peekskill, NY. I am also a certified pipe welder.
My typical day starts at 7 am. My fitter and I usually go over the plan of the day, go over prints for the job, and come up with a plan on how to go about our day.
We could be putting in pipe hangers, taking measurements for a piece of fabrication, installing fabrication. It all depends. You’re never just standing there waiting for a weld. You’re actively doing other parts of the job and welding. Maybe you’re tacking up joints to move ahead and fall back on welding them out the next day. Maybe you’re involved in a crane pick operation. Maybe you’re doing layout work for fabrication. So, start at 7 am, coffee break at 9 am, lunch at 12, back to work at 12:30 and leave for the day at 3:30. You can accomplish a lot in a 8 hour day.
If you’re still interested in this type of work. Definitely get in contact with the Local Union that covers your area. They’d be the best at answering further questions.
Best of Luck
Brian Foley
I am a Steamfitter out of UA Local 21 Peekskill, NY. I am also a certified pipe welder.
My typical day starts at 7 am. My fitter and I usually go over the plan of the day, go over prints for the job, and come up with a plan on how to go about our day.
We could be putting in pipe hangers, taking measurements for a piece of fabrication, installing fabrication. It all depends. You’re never just standing there waiting for a weld. You’re actively doing other parts of the job and welding. Maybe you’re tacking up joints to move ahead and fall back on welding them out the next day. Maybe you’re involved in a crane pick operation. Maybe you’re doing layout work for fabrication. So, start at 7 am, coffee break at 9 am, lunch at 12, back to work at 12:30 and leave for the day at 3:30. You can accomplish a lot in a 8 hour day.
If you’re still interested in this type of work. Definitely get in contact with the Local Union that covers your area. They’d be the best at answering further questions.
Best of Luck
Brian Foley
Stephen Thomas
Inspector (Welding and Coatings)
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Manchester, New Hampshire
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A fabrication shop welder has a station where they work. This will vary shop to shop but for the majority they will go to their station in the morning. Their supervisor will give them instruction for the day, typically by giving them a folder of all of the blueprints they will be working from. Then the laborer or the welder will bring the first item to be welded over to their station so the welder can weld it. The will get direction for how or what to weld from the blueprint or their supervisor and then for the rest of their shift they will be welding, or maintaining their equipment.
Typically steel fabricators perform all fitting and assembly of materials and welders spend the majority of their day, shield down running beads.
After all welding on an item is completed, depending on the requirement it may be necessary to have the supervisor or an inspector check the welding for quality purposes. Once the welds have been inspected for quality, the labourer, or automated material movement system, will take away the material and bring another item to be welded.
Typically steel fabricators perform all fitting and assembly of materials and welders spend the majority of their day, shield down running beads.
After all welding on an item is completed, depending on the requirement it may be necessary to have the supervisor or an inspector check the welding for quality purposes. Once the welds have been inspected for quality, the labourer, or automated material movement system, will take away the material and bring another item to be welded.