Can I get a welding job while attending college?

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I'm currently taking welding courses at my college but was wondering if it was possible to get any kind of welding job while I am in college still learning.Any advice would be helpful. I would like to get as much experience as possible.Note: I am not certified. The only experience I have are the welding courses.Also, how much do non certified welders make? I plan on getting certified.Last edited by WannaBeWelder; 03-09-2014 at 07:33 PM.
Reply:Ya gotta pound concrete. Find welding shops around you and put in applications. Sure it's possible, get a lab assistant job in school. We had professors hire students in part-time positions. It is entirely up to you to give someone a reason to hire you on.City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
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Originally Posted by tanglediver

Ya gotta pound concrete. Find welding shops around you and put in applications. Sure it's possible, get a lab assistant job in school. We had professors hire students in part-time positions. It is entirely up to you to give someone a reason to hire you on.
Reply:chances are you won't be out there welding all day, depending on what the shop does. But it is possible, While I was finishing school I got a job in a fab shop welding, so it is possible and good to have on your resume when you get out of school. Even If you are just grinding, it is good to have experience in the field and your cert/schooling- Christian M.C3 Welding & Fabrication - CNC Plasma Cutting-Mobile Welding-Custom welding and fabwww.c3welding.com
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Reply:Yes, you sure can get a welding job while still in school. Whether you have your cert papers of not is not all to important at this time, those will come with time.. Granted some shops like to see them to prove you are willing to try, but you can learn so much by being a grinder monkey at a shop with seasoned fabricators. Disclaimer: I am not trashing "cert welders", I happen to be one and have seen some very talented ones come by, but, I have seen a lot of "Cert welders" over the years that can run a perfect bead according to the code book, but when something on the fly came by them they shut down.... Pick out a seasoned fabricator and soak up all you can!good luck!TOOLS AND TOYSSMAW Mid States Inc. "MISSING LINK" 10-150 AMP Buzzer circa 1945ishSMAW Magic Wand 40-60 AMP Suitcase Buzzer circa 1939ishGMAW Hobart 210 IronmanOxy-Propane TorchMany other old and cold goodies"Rusty but Trusty"
Reply:Probably the biggest issue will be scheduling. Finding a place that will work with your school schedule may be difficult. You can't just get a 9-5 job in a shop. You'll need to find a shop that is willing to work  with you.I agree chances are low you'll be welding all the time. However I did have a young lady in one of my classes who got a job welding PT on trash dumpsters with mig before the semester was done. All they really wanted was a warm body that could squirt wire in the right direction though and the pieces won't fall on the floor before the dumpster left the shop. Skill was NOT high on the requirement list, nor was the pay all that great obviously...As others have said, keep your head down and your eyes and ears open. Learn all you can if you get the opportunity. What's taught in school is often vastly different than what is done in the field. I once had a Prof tell me a design I'd done for footings wasn't the way it's done. However at the time I was paying my way thru college pouring 200+ yards a day 3 days a week, doing  townhouse footings exactly like I'd done the drawing. Her way would have cost 5 times more at least and taken at least 4 times as long, and the job wouldn't have been near as good. She'd never worked a day in her life in the field. I had another Prof who was stunned to find out the kitchen design he'd drawn up for the Habitat house we had to work on for a class had "no outlets". He'd drawn up the plans showing the outlets just off the cabinets. He'd never looked at the job and noticed the floor was way out of level. When the counters went in, all the electrical boxes ended up under the counter tops. He also trapped himself and 6 students in the 2nd floor at lunch one day when he forgot to have them cut out for the stair opening when they plywooded the floor...

  We had to go get a ladder so they could climb out a window for lunch. He had major issues in other places in that class as well.....No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:you probably ain't gonna get a job welding but maybe you will find a job in a iron shop doing the painting, moving stuff around and standing in front of the buffalo punching holes in beams.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:A local guy in a machining program at our community college got a job with the school as an assistant.  Now he's an instructor and he doesn't really know ****.  No independent job experience, and he isn't particularly good at teaching either.  Suck up and you can go far."USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:Why not, my son is currently studying (he chose Florida Technical College program) and working part-time at L & C Metals in Orlando. The FTC Career Services Online Center is a great thing really, I must admit. 35 years back, when I was a student, it was not so easy to learn welding, because we didn't have online courses and such a vast range of job offerings for students when you seach online now."We need less philosophers and more welders. My tertiary education was the only reason I tried to do my homework projects perfectly well, because I didn't want to become a philosopher." - Marco Rubio
Reply:You do not college for certified.When you apply they will send you to a testing Lab for the certifedion. I most time they pay for test.I do some welders will get there Certifications so get a better position in getting a job.Most time when need you Certifications is in building industry and where there is pressure tanks and pipe. Some shops will give in shop test first be for spending money on Certifications.Certifications on one type of metal,  gauge and position. So can working on job and you have the right Certification you can not do the work.Here is list of the most used.www.aws.orgwww.api.orgwww.asme.orgDave

Originally Posted by WannaBeWelder

I'm currently taking welding courses at my college but was wondering if it was possible to get any kind of welding job while I am in college still learning.Any advice would be helpful. I would like to get as much experience as possible.Note: I am not certified. The only experience I have are the welding courses.Also, how much do non certified welders make? I plan on getting certified.
Reply:There still a lot of jobs that does not need certified.Up until the North Ridge earthquake most building welds did need a certified welders. The license shop was responsible.They found a lot of bad welds after the earthquake.DaveHF 170 welderHF 4x6 band sawSouth Bend 9NMillB&D mag drillVictor torch
Reply:I started Ironwork in college. The instructor understood where to send men, gave the A for passing open butt vertical and OH and excused us from class due to the hours.  I saw guys from body school get really good spraying cars working at Maco, same for spreading and sanding bondo.  Have seen guys in ship yards burning a box of lo hi a day without moving too far, saw a couple guys cutting plate drops in a scrap yard really hone the skill.www.urkafarms.com
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Originally Posted by Sberry

I started Ironwork in college. The instructor understood where to send men, gave the A for passing open butt vertical and OH and excused us from class due to the hours.  I saw guys from body school get really good spraying cars working at Maco, same for spreading and sanding bondo.  Have seen guys in ship yards burning a box of lo hi a day without moving too far, saw a couple guys cutting plate drops in a scrap yard really hone the skill.
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Originally Posted by WannaBeWelder

I'm currently taking welding courses at my college but was wondering if it was possible to get any kind of welding job while I am in college still learning..
Reply:You can work as many hours as you like, so long as it does not affect your studies. A sensible guideline for all full-time students is 12–15 hours per week. Remember that your studies need to take priority.
Reply:The good news is most welding does not need a certificate welder. I would look at small machine shops and repair shops. They like part time welders.Dave

Originally Posted by WannaBeWelder

I'm currently taking welding courses at my college but was wondering if it was possible to get any kind of welding job while I am in college still learning.Any advice would be helpful. I would like to get as much experience as possible.Note: I am not certified. The only experience I have are the welding courses.Also, how much do non certified welders make? I plan on getting certified.
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Originally Posted by AnthonyDelgado

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