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hey guys! I'm new to the forum and fairly new to welding. i learned how to mig weld over the summer and have caught the welding bug! I've always been interested in it and I've always looked up to jesse james for his welding and fabrication skills. any way i am interested in learning how to do every style of welding and I'm interested in welding as a career, and I'm looking for a welding school. I'm currently a jr. in high school and will be applying to schools soon. i line in northern new jersey and would like to stay close to home if possible. what welding schools have you guys gone to in the area, and if theres none local where can you recommend? any and all advice is greatly appreciated
Reply:Do you have any programs like BOCES in NY or are you close enough to one to go?   I start with BOCES in NY this month doing  a 5 section program. From what I understand they often can place you in a job while you are in the program still.Trade Math/Drafting Welding Course 1: Essential Skills Welding Course 2: Advanced SMAW-Shielded Metal Arc Welding WinterWelding Course 3: MIG & Fluxcore Winter Welding Course 4: TIG
Reply:yes, i am very close to nyc, and i can commute to most other areas in ny that are close to nj. thank you very much!
Reply:I just dropped a young friend off in Troy Ohio at the Hobart Institute Of Welding Technology. I would highly recomend it. It's a nine month coarse away from home and after alot of research it seems like one of the best around. I would stay away from any schools in NYC(just my opinion guys) for the simple reason of to many troubled kids get granted into them, usually to stay out of juvee hall, and DO NOT!!!!!!!!!!! take it serious at all, which will make you reconsider getting your money back asap and splitting. It happened to my friends very young brother a bunch of years back. If staying local is a must, definately do your research. Best of luck bud!I hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:Check out your local junior / community college. Where i went, learned alot from the teachers. Don't know what the dedicated schools cost but the junior college will be easier on the pocket book. Also no matter where you go it'll be what you make of it. Some want a place to go to hang out and text all day. Some want to learn to mig so they can get a easy factory job. Some want to tig, pipe weld etc.Dave
Reply:I like you was always interested in welding. So when I retired I started taking classes at the local JC. So far I've taken an intro class and classes on O/A, MIG, TIG and Stick. Each class cost about $400. Since then I picked up a Lincoln ac/dc buzz box and a Miller 211. Now I'm having fun making stuff in the garage. I think the one thing school taught me was how to recognize what a good weld is supposed to look like. If you don't know that no matter how much you practice you'll never get better.  I highly recommend the school route.Mike211Lincoln 125/225 AC/DCMiller 211
Reply:I've been thinking about the Lincoln Welding School in Cleveland when I retire. Since I'm just going to hobbyist/homeowner, I think a week long Mig and a week long Tig course would be the way to go. Of course they offer complete programs for people who want to become professionals.
Reply:In my experience, the phrase "it's what you make of it" is not just some drivel advice you hear from career counselors.The difference between individuals with leading performance and the ineffective yet highly educated bunch is how interested YOU are in the subject, how much personal research YOU pursue, and how dedicated you are to practice because you like it. It's one thing to memorize and regurgitate what instructors tell you [at a top welding school in the country]... it's entirely different to be interested and absorb information from everywhere you can find it and want to know more and more and desire to be better at what you do. Welding is an applied science... it's all about how dedicated you are to applying what you know (which drives you to want to know more and apply that, so on and so forth).There are probably people out there today that know more about music composition than Beethoven, and more about art technique than Michelangelo, but will they ever compare? No... they don't have the same passion. So the question really is, do you?Last edited by Rora; 02-05-2013 at 10:03 PM.
Reply:Originally Posted by Stick895I've been thinking about the Lincoln Welding School in Cleveland when I retire. Since I'm just going to hobbyist/homeowner, I think a week long Mig and a week long Tig course would be the way to go. Of course they offer complete programs for people who want to become professionals.
Reply:wow, thank you guys very much! i do understand that it is what i make of it and i am prepared to pick up a stinger and burn electrodes all day long to get the best education and best job possible. staying close to home would be nice but it is  not a must, ill do what it takes and go where ever i have to to get the best possible welding education
Reply:Originally Posted by RoraIn my experience, the phrase "it's what you make of it" is not just some drivel advice you hear from career counselors.The difference between individuals with leading performance and the ineffective yet highly educated bunch is how interested YOU are in the subject, how much personal research YOU pursue, and how dedicated you are to practice because you like it. It's one thing to memorize and regurgitate what instructors tell you [at a top welding school in the country]... it's entirely different to be interested and absorb information from everywhere you can find it and want to know more and more and desire to be better at what you do. Welding is an applied science... it's all about how dedicated you are to applying what you know (which drives you to want to know more and apply that, so on and so forth).There are probably people out there today that know more about music composition than Beethoven, and more about art technique than Michelangelo, but will they ever compare? No... they don't have the same passion. So the question really is, do you?