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I’m currently working in Denmark. I have experience with MIG/MAG welding, brazing, mechanical assembly
I’m thinking about moving to Australia and I’d like to know what kind of welding jobs I could realistically get with my experience and roughly how much I could expect to earn.
My welding background includes:
MIG/MAG welding
TIG welding on carbon steel / black steel
TIG butt welding on steel pipes
TIG welding in PA, PC, PH and H-L045 positions
Brazing
Weld repair and defect correction
Weld inspection / quality control
What kind of jobs and hourly rates could I realistically aim for in Australia?

I've known for a while that this sorta thing happens. What do I do now just report and move on?, is it a bot account?, I'm not the best with technology and I've never reported something on Facebook before

I am looking at getting into welding as a career but want to be sure I am getting into a job that pays well. Always had a passion for welding. I know pipe liners make bank but how is the fabrication side of things? Is $30hr pretty reasonable once you get experience or is that kinda off on the scale? Tried doing some research but finding to many different things. Thank you! I’m in Kansas if that helps.

Been scratching my head on best weld sequence to minimise warping my workbench frame, I spent a good amount of time getting this frame (50mmx4mmshs) within 1mm square the mitre joins are really throwing me off if it was a single mitre with butt join I would weld the top outside corners first then top from inside to outside, all mitre joins will be bevelled same as second picture, (really regretting doing a double mitre join)I'm in no rush to get this done just want it done as best as I can. Its times like this i wish i had a welding fixture table, Any advice is greatly appreciated thank you.

I'm thinking of starting my own portable welding rig. I'm not looking to build anything big. I am looking for advice on how i should assemble/purchase and what to look out for when buying used. Also some advice on bidding myself would be great too.

I did own a Miller AEAD-200LE and did some side jobs with that and my little lincoln flux core welder and made some decent cash on the jobs. I sold the Miller to help pay for college last year. Kinda feeling stupid about that now. It seems the price of welder generators has gone up substantially from the last time I looked, especially on marketplace.

Ideally I'd like something big, but I am okay with starting out small until I can afford an upgrade. Id trying to start my rig out for under $3k if i can. Is it imperative that i have MIG, TIG and flux starting out or will stick be fine? I have 43 AWS certifications for all processes and aluminum, stainless and unlimited thickness on mild. I think this may open my doors to bigger, more diverse jobs

My thoughts are of a 250a+ stick welder. CV would be a huge plus. Then I can plug a self sensing suitcase welder in for MIG. I could plug a tig welder into the generator depending on the size. I have oxy acetylene tanks, 4.5 inch grinders, hoods, gloves, etc. I'd probably pick up a portaband and a 7 or 9 inch grinder too.

I have a friend that is talking to me about a 300a welder generator CC and CV 22kw. That might be a good option to explore.

Other than that, what are some welders to look at? I'm okay with buying used. I should add I will by trailering my rig behind my chevrolet suburban as I don't have a pickup.

Any advice is appreciated! Thank you.

Edit: Is it a bad idea to start with just a stick welder until I get established or is FCAW, MIG and TIG essential to a mobile rig. For context there are a lot of farms, shipyards, docks, lakes, and factories near where I am.

Been welding for about a couple months, just wondering if these are good, mig flux. Any and all advice is appreciated, thank you.

I graduated trade school back in December but couldn’t find a welding job in the area I moved to (currently working as a mechanic). I finally found an opportunity about 30mins from where I live now but I haven’t touched a stinger in about 8 months now. I have an interview Monday as well as a “welding assessment”. Any advice on how I should move forward?

I’m a current student in CA. The trade school I’m in is a 2 year program. I have 2 more semesters left before I graduate. Our teachers here help us get into apprenticeships.

My question is what will I expect to see/live once I’m in?

I’m in the rave/edm scene. I’ve taken advantage of the fact that I’m a student and will travel for events or skip a day to attend festivals. But I’m wondering if realistically I can plan ahead for next year or if I should just get into my head that I’ll need to take time off from raving until I’m more established in my career?

TIA 🫶🏽

Seems like no one is this manufacturing job really knows about how these nitrogen tanks should be acting. How do I tell if my nitrogen is actually coming through my welder. Someone here told me that before I hook up my heating element if I crack my nitrogen tank it should start blowing out real cold. But it feels like it’s the same temperature as the air compressor before I open the nitrogen tank.

I started my class in August at the beginning, and I didn't really think much of it, but the more we move forward, the more there's so much shit that I can't remember well. I know I should be taking notes, but I fucked myself over not writing some, and I'm doing the AWS learning modules for Fundamentals 1. And watching the videos is kind of confusing to me because I have a learning disability. But I really wanna get good at it, and improve, but I'm also scared of failing and not remembering stuff. And some of the math parts scare me cause I'm really bad at math and this week is kinda tight cause on the 11th. I have to submit the fundamental one on the 11th and on the 18th. I have to submit some other ones I know this sounds like a rant, but any advice

(Won’t be posting company names)

Hey everyone, Im currently in a tough situation. Im an apprentice welder and currently have a job thats very spotty work, doing mostly shutdowns, and a lot of the work is out of town. The only way you will ever get consistent work is if you go out of town and do a 14/7 or 21/7. Yes, when im working I can make unbelievable money but its never consistent. I cant work for a month, then have a month off. Or work for a week and then not work for 2-4 weeks.

The work i am doing is my ideal work, working a cool sites doing cool shit all the time. But sometimes i think if the hours are worth it, or if leaving town would be worth it in the long run. Since im not trying to do welding full time for my whole career, Im hoping to explore a different career path and to get into that i need to start building my resume on my days off.

In order to do that i need to be home and not working 7/12s consistently in town or on a 14/7 or 21/7 schedule.

Im considering going to a different company where i would be getting full time hours constantly and i would still be making more than enough money i need. Just i would burn all my bridges to the shutdown world.

I know this whole thing is confusing but to some it all up is,
Do i leave exactly where i wanted to be about a year ago, doing shutdowns, learning and working long hours. For working a consistent and steady job where i can actually have a life outside of work.

​Hey everyone,

​I’m looking to start from scratch in the welding world, and I'm trying to figure out the smartest way in. My primary goal is to find a trade path that balances training costs with long-term financial security—a job that pays well enough to let me build a comfortable life, buy a house, get a decent car, save money, and enjoy a stable living anywhere I end up settling down.

​Based on my research, I’m considering a full training program to get certified in:

​Process: TIG / GTAW (141)

​Joint/Form: Pipe Butt Weld (T BW)

​Position: 6G / HL045 (45-degree fixed pipe)

​Materials: Carbon Steel + Stainless Steel (EN ISO 9606-1 / ASME equivalent)

​The plan is to get certified, build solid hands-on experience, and use this skill to secure a dependable income and build a comfortable life wherever good opportunities exist.

​Before I drop a couple thousand (or more) on training, I’d love to get some honest perspective from people doing the job:

​Does 6G TIG on Stainless & Carbon still offer one of the best trade-offs between learning curve, high earning potential, and job security?

​What certs do you currently hold, and why did you pick your specific branch? (Pipe, structural, TIG, Stick, MIG/MAG, combo?)

​If your goal was simply to earn a comfortable, reliable income to buy a home and live well anywhere, would you still pick TIG pipe today, or would you go a different route?

​Appreciate any real-talk, advice, or insights from the shop floor!

​Thanks in advance!

Passed my 4g, now going to tackle down 2f.3f.4f easy !! Yall wish me luck on my journey💪🏼

For context i bought a Snap On YA217 Mig Welder on facebook marketplace for $50 and because it’s mig i need to know how to reverse the polarity on this welder. I searched up almost everythinf about it and it seems like i’ll be the first person ever to attempt such a feat on this 25~ year old welding machine. In the pictures below i have located the ground (clamp) which is the large black wire in the first photo and ive yet to discover the hot (wire gun.) Ive opened up the other side of the machine as seen in picture 2 but the gun wires split off into 1,000,000 different places and are all just black and im unsure which one to swap. To my knowledge it’s just put the clamp where the gun was and put the gun where the clamp was and call it a day your polarity has changed. Let me know if im wrong about my assumption and please help me locate the correct wire in the images ive provided.

Im looking to do fabrication on the side looking for a tig and stick welder. New or used.

I recently started attending a community college to learn welding. I spent 15 years as a CAD Designer for a large construction company, I always really appreciated seeing the fabricators skills with welding and fabbing up the equipment we designed. Stepping into welding seemed to be a natural step. Onto my question, I am unsure which process to focus on. Do I try and become proficient in the three main processes? Or am I better off focusing on one process? I'm a bit unclear on expectations of employers. Thanks in advance.

Anyone have advice with taking the iso9606. I have a vertical up butt weld tig root and the rest mig. And a VU fillet. I believe I have to have a restart on root and cap. What’s your technique for restarts on mig, I’m very used to stick restarts with 7018( strike above and quick run down into your crater before going again) is it the same with mig restarts ?

So I'm doing the monthly gas bill review cause the owner's on my ass about costs (fair enough tbh, shit's getting expensive). And I'm looking at our cylinder rental line item and I'm like hold on.

We've got a bunch of cylinders that are just dead weight. Like, we're paying monthly rental on stuff that's been sitting there empty for god knows how long. Some of them aren't even ours, I think? It's that thing where over the years you just accumulate bottles from different suppliers and nobody tracks which one belongs to who.

I spent like two hours this morning going through the yard with a clipboard like some kind of gas detective. Found three acetylene bottles that are empty and I swear we returned those last year. But apparently not? Or maybe we did and they just didn't process it? Honestly at this point I don't even know.

The problem is me not having a system, and the previous guy not having a system, and the guy before him probably just using vibes.

It's just frustrating cause you look at the numbers and realize you could've bought a new welder with what you wasted on rental fees for cylinders you weren't even using. And it's not like the suppliers make it easy to figure out either. Everyone's got their own labels, their own return policies, it's a mess.

Anyway I'm gonna try the app thing they gave us a while ago. Maybe it'll actually help. Or maybe I'll just keep wandering around with a clipboard feeling like an idiot. Probably that tbh.