level C question!

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Hi therei am currently takeing my level C training in univercity in BC.i have found myself not to be very clear on if i have to work in BC to get my hours in or if i can go and work in alberta and still have my hours counted in.in confused thanks!
Reply:The CWB testing is different in Alberta, last time I heard anyway. Don't know if it affects your hours. Welding is welding. CWB certificates will probably have to be redone. Instructor should know. If not smack, him/her and as the tool crib person, they are usually in the know.  Good luck with the course! Going to the rigs to make the big bucks??Bert200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.
Reply:welderwoman5I'm betting the hours will count...just be sure to start a record of all hours worked.  Keep your paystubs and a weekly logbook.  I know a couple years ago you would take a CWB test at the end of the C course but it had some hinky rules about how long it lasted if you didn't find work.  Kinda means you have to do anything to get that first job.
Reply:You will be required to get 1000 hours to get your C stamp in BC. There could be a couple loop holes however such as registering yourself a company, doing contract work and signing your own log book or appointing someone as an employee of the registered company to sign for you. I'm not sure about working for a BC company who is contracting in AB. That might be another option. CWB is a joke for the simple reason that a tradesman actually goes to school. My take on that is the following.I firmly agree with this statement that I found.I'm a registered "C Ticket" apprentice with the ITA. I spent my first 7 months in college and just completed my year 1. I can SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, (Dual shield, Self Shield Gas Shield as well), OAW, and other. The CWB welds were just a tiny tiny part of our actual education. Frankly a CWB ticket is a joke considering it's a challenge exam with only 4 welds. All cwb welds are simply a 1g 2g 3g and 4g with a backing strip and a bend test. Almost anyone can do 4 simple welds but there's ALOT more to welding especially when welding materials that can make you sick or change your DNA and give your children flippers, or... even kill you. . It wouldn't surprise me if half the CWB ticket guys would even know better to not breathe the galvanized fumes. What really bothers me is that people are giving jobs to people with such a simple money grab ticket with no real education when a "real" welder apprentice has 7 months of schooling just in the first year and I personally spent over 70,000 on my first year education which included my living expenses while going to school and raising my family and a CWB is a challenge exam that costs a few hundred dollars. To be blunt a CWB ticket is nothing but a money grab from the Canadian Welding Bureau and a REAL welder is actually an ITA registered journeyman or apprentice who actually does all of the schooling. Heck CWB shouldn't even qualify anyone in this country as a welder. I honestly wouldn't want someone with just a CWB ticket to weld anything for me. Not only for liability but lack of knowledge. I thought and felt the need to send you this so you can understand that a CWB certified welder is not the same as a C, B, A, or B pressure Ticket with the industry training authority in British Columbia who manages the Trades for the Province. What is really scary is that a CWB ticket (2 day challenge) can work inter-provincially across Canada after challenging a simple test, yet a Tradesman who is actually spending the money and learning, can not work inter-provincially until they've completed a full 2 years of schooling (7 months (C Ticket) + 5 months (B Ticket) and thousands of hands on hours in your log books and THEN write an Inter Provincial Exam (Red Seal). I am going to guess that many of you employers looking for a welder are not even aware of the difference because now that you do I'm willing to guess that on your next round of resume hiring you will be more inclined to hire a Registered ITA apprentice, or Journeyman and pass on the CWB guys. Thank you for reading and in doing so you're helping to preserve the "Tradesmen" who have done their education and have learned the "Proper" techniques and information for all processes.Feel free to comment by email.Regards.
Reply:thanks guys! =)