Yeah. Welders are being replaced by ai and robots at an astounding rate...
I know how to weld and pour "grey gold"
Hook me up with a job that pays more than doordash and let's me stay home when when I need to and doesn't tell me it's an excuse. Lol
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I'm not sure how it works in your local But, in Florida the route to become a general contractor is this shortest for concrete guys vs any other trade.
Once you do that you just need to sign permits. & Schedule, subs. which you can do from a laptop on the beach.
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& robots aren't replacing me. I have some of the hardest welding certifications to obtain. Some of which do involve training cobots, But any time something is going into space, or underwater. There's going to need to be a human to sign off on it.
CWI?
ASME?
Nuclear welding?
to speak to my current certs-
CWI
CW - ASME 6-Gr 2" Unlimited
(X3 for Carbon, ss, & nickle)
Also have many navsea & d1.7 certs that I signed NDAs on, but what I can say is they involve exotic and proprietary alloys.
My focus lately has been to obtain more NdT certifications. I have mt, PT, and (VT via my CWI.)
Getting hours for UT has proven to be a good old boys club that you just have to pay your way into.
You can pay to play or you can pick the strawberries.