Sprinkler Fitting as a Career

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I'm a new welder trying to determine which direction to go career wise. I currently work at a fab shop in Phoenix and its going pretty well but it's never going to lead to anything more.I'm seeing a lot of jobs posted for sprinkler fitters/ fire security. Does anybody have any experience in this field? Looks like most of this pipe is threaded. Do sprinkler fitters even weld? Is it lucrative?I searched 'sprinkler' here and got 2 results and not much from google.Thanks Guys
Reply:we bought a fire company a while back. . . .mostly threaded or grooved pipe. i did a good portion of their welding.any welding was pre-fabbed. either groove-o-lets or thread-o-lets. real sprinkler companies have "whirlybird" machines to weld the o-lets.people make a living doing it, and as a plumber i was forced to join them on some installations. . . . .didn't like it one bit.bosses stuff:trailblazer 325maxstar 200my stuff:sa 200fronius transpocket 180100 amp Lincoln w/f97 f350 DITKevin
Reply:Many joints in sprinkler fitting are victaulic too. Most of the mains have welded thread o lets or half threaded couplings. Some shops have their own sprinkler fitter welders that do mostly inside shop work. Most of their  piping is precut and threaded with minor field changes.
Reply:Boreing.  Somebody goes out and measures the building.  Somebody draws it up.  Somebody goes out and hangs it.  The guy hanging it makes a good paycheck but that's about it.  We have more or less the equivalent in the electrical trade wiring up office buildings with pre-wired lights and all those prefabbed cubicles.  I couldn't stand it.  Some like it just fine.  When you need a paycheck it can be a great ticket out of town to the next big job.DanI hope that when i'm dead and gone, people will remember me and think; "Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money!"