Best TIG Careers

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Hey all. I am looking for some advice from everyone in the field. I am currently a student and have stick,mig,tig,and flux welded and TIG is by far the most appealing to me. I work at a custom plastic injection mold base shop where I will do repair work on stainless plates that come off of CNC machines but the pay is not all that well hints why i am back in school. What are the better paying/rewarding TIG careers out there? I currently live near Long Beach CA. Anyone know of anything around? What are the best certs to have?Any and all suggestions are much appreciated.
Reply:Well I guess I will chime in. I would not consider a tig career unless I also got training in weld supervisor management. That includes technical math, blueprint reading, basic metallurgy, QC and inspection, among others. Basically a 2 year degree in Welding Technology. Then purchase copies of AWS D1.1, D1.2, and D17.1, as well as get free downloads of AMS-STD-2219 and Mil-STD-1595A. Then qualify stainless steel .049 thickness both fillet and groove per the specs for D17.1, alum fillet and groove per D17.1.Then move on to 1/8" groove plate structural per D1.2 alum, as well as D1.1 in steel, as the groove will qualify you for both fillet and groove by just doing groove. By doing these qualifications you will have demonstrated the ability to do aerospace and structural tig. Something you can do in airframe FAA GTAW repair. There is where the money is. Supervising a crew of 2 to 5 operators and being able to handle and maintain their qualifications is huge. Case in point. My kid spent years doing the same thing in my shop. I taught him blueprint reading, basic QA and math, and he was D1.2 qualified in alum, and job shop/small business old fashioned productivity. Actually took these skills off to college to earn a BS in Industrial Technology. Graduated and is now lead Vertical Friction stir weldor second shift at SpaceX maintaining NDT data, doing setups and procedure control for his crew of 6 as well as guiding the friction stir operation. Also doing alum tooling welding and repair for maintenance and capsule machine shop, as no one there seems to know how to weld alum. They actually bought him his own private Dynasty200DX for tooling development the the vertical friction stir machine. Makes unreal money because he can decipher the AWS D17.1 specs and weld to boot. His team mate was promoted to Department Supervisor, called him in for a meeting and says my kid is the top wage earner at Spacex, making more than most management.Weld like a "WELDOR", not a wel-"DERR" MillerDynasty700DX,Dynasty350DX4ea,Dynasty200DX,Li  ncolnSW200-2ea.,MillerMatic350P,MillerMatic200w/spoolgun,MKCobraMig260,Lincoln SP-170T,PlasmaCam/Hypertherm1250,HFProTig2ea,MigMax1ea.
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Reply:Dozer, everyone knows kids learn everything at school and parents are just someone they see coming and going at the houseCongrats to you and you son Terry.....you both done good.
Reply:Originally Posted by shovelonWell I guess I will chime in. I would not consider a tig career unless I also got training in weld supervisor management. That includes technical math, blueprint reading, basic metallurgy, QC and inspection, among others. Basically a 2 year degree in Welding Technology. Then purchase copies of AWS D1.1, D1.2, and D17.1, as well as get free downloads of AMS-STD-2219 and Mil-STD-1595A. Then qualify stainless steel .049 thickness both fillet and groove per the specs for D17.1, alum fillet and groove per D17.1.Then move on to 1/8" groove plate structural per D1.2 alum, as well as D1.1 in steel, as the groove will qualify you for both fillet and groove by just doing groove. By doing these qualifications you will have demonstrated the ability to do aerospace and structural tig. Something you can do in airframe FAA GTAW repair. There is where the money is. Supervising a crew of 2 to 5 operators and being able to handle and maintain their qualifications is huge. Case in point. My kid spent years doing the same thing in my shop. I taught him blueprint reading, basic QA and math, and he was D1.2 qualified in alum, and job shop/small business old fashioned productivity. Actually took these skills off to college to earn a BS in Industrial Technology. Graduated and is now lead Vertical Friction stir weldor second shift at SpaceX maintaining NDT data, doing setups and procedure control for his crew of 6 as well as guiding the friction stir operation. Also doing alum tooling welding and repair for maintenance and capsule machine shop, as no one there seems to know how to weld alum. They actually bought him his own private Dynasty200DX for tooling development the the vertical friction stir machine. Makes unreal money because he can decipher the AWS D17.1 specs and weld to boot. His team mate was promoted to Department Supervisor, called him in for a meeting and says my kid is the top wage earner at Spacex, making more than most management.
Reply:ASME...... Get your hands on Inconel and Chrome Molly. Take a million 6GR practice tests on every type of metal you can get. It costs a couple hundred dollars to go to testing facility to get certs. So make sure you are ready because there is no refund.
Reply:Originally Posted by shovelonWell I guess I will chime in. I would not consider a tig career unless I also got training in weld supervisor management. That includes technical math, blueprint reading, basic metallurgy, QC and inspection, among others. Basically a 2 year degree in Welding Technology. Then purchase copies of AWS D1.1, D1.2, and D17.1, as well as get free downloads of AMS-STD-2219 and Mil-STD-1595A. Then qualify stainless steel .049 thickness both fillet and groove per the specs for D17.1, alum fillet and groove per D17.1.Then move on to 1/8" groove plate structural per D1.2 alum, as well as D1.1 in steel, as the groove will qualify you for both fillet and groove by just doing groove. By doing these qualifications you will have demonstrated the ability to do aerospace and structural tig. Something you can do in airframe FAA GTAW repair. There is where the money is. Supervising a crew of 2 to 5 operators and being able to handle and maintain their qualifications is huge. Case in point. My kid spent years doing the same thing in my shop. I taught him blueprint reading, basic QA and math, and he was D1.2 qualified in alum, and job shop/small business old fashioned productivity. Actually took these skills off to college to earn a BS in Industrial Technology. Graduated and is now lead Vertical Friction stir weldor second shift at SpaceX maintaining NDT data, doing setups and procedure control for his crew of 6 as well as guiding the friction stir operation. Also doing alum tooling welding and repair for maintenance and capsule machine shop, as no one there seems to know how to weld alum. They actually bought him his own private Dynasty200DX for tooling development the the vertical friction stir machine. Makes unreal money because he can decipher the AWS D17.1 specs and weld to boot. His team mate was promoted to Department Supervisor, called him in for a meeting and says my kid is the top wage earner at Spacex, making more than most management.
Reply:Originally Posted by PangeaAsk your son if he knows "Gator". I worked with Gator at Boeing in Trinity Alabama. He was doing FSW on Delta II at the time.
Reply:Originally Posted by shovelonWould his name be Chris Batie by any chance? Described as a crusty old fart doing QA dayshift at SpaceX, nickname "Gator".