any welders out there ?, bit of advice needed

shazza71_2

thnx everyone, he just wants to work(not bothered about how much he will earn) he just wants to weld things(anything and everything) its just so hard finding anywhere,NVQ level 2 @16 and Doosan Babcock have rejected him..hope someone else will give him a chance to prove himself.
thanx

sharon

crazyguy

you could look under pipe fitting work as well, the only thing is your son would travel with this, although I am sure at 16 he would probably love that, but it can be 2 weeks in a b&b stuck anywhere I did it for 2 years and yes its hard but at his age with no commitments as such it could be ok, with the pipe fitting if he does get into that the money is very good for an experianced welder.

I was not a welder but just cut and prepared pipes and some weeks granted it was long hours ie:- 14-16 hour days I could pull in £1200.00 plus after tax doing a 7 day week !

shazza71_2

thnx crazyguy, that was Doosan Babcock pipe fitting/welding what he was turned down for, he was prepared to travel around the country and still is if it gets him to where he wants to be. He may have had a hard start to secondry education but he knows what he wants to do and knows he has to work his butt off to get there xx

crazyguy

shazza71 wrote: »

thnx crazyguy, that was Doosan Babcock pipe fitting/welding what he was turned down for, he was prepared to travel around the country and still is if it gets him to where he wants to be. He may have had a hard start to secondry education but he knows what he wants to do and knows he has to work his butt off to get there xx

well be persistant and dont let the knock backs get him down as its worth looking to many company's to find one thats willing to give him a try !

shazza71_2

thnx crazy guy,
there doesnt seem to much about, he`s really fancying the rigs so where would be the best place to start?? (not an actual company) just the type of places that would be best to get him there eventually. sorry i know nothing about what he wants to do and how he can get to where he wants to be. My oldest lad has just passed his college stuff to be an electrician but no job so i dont want my little`un to spend yrs doing something that wont get him anywhere.
thanx

sharon

brutus1983

when you say rigs do you mean oil rigs?

im afraid to say but hes go no chance without the experience and quals plus survival training wich will cost him a few grand full medicals and even with that its still difficult unless you know someone in the recruitment

DCFC79

brutus1983 wrote: »

when you say rigs do you mean oil rigs?

im afraid to say but hes go no chance without the experience and quals plus survival training wich will cost him a few grand full medicals and even with that its still difficult unless you know someone in the recruitment

I dont think the OP meant the son to work on the rigs straight away and its requires starting at the bottom and working his way up

patman99

Try the apprentice route. I believe there is a website that lists apprentaships up and down the country.

From what my former workmates told me, even with 20 years welding under their belts they cannot get jobs as employers prefer to take-on Eastern Europeans as they are happy to work on £6 p/h.

Your son needs to look at evening courses offering welding. To really stand-out, he needs to pass in MMA, Mig, Tig and gas. Down here in Colchester, our local Institute does a 2 year f/t or 3 year p/t course. Am thinking of signing-up myself as it is a skill worth learning.

Once he has the basics, he can practice his skills welding gates, cars or anything else friends and relatives need welding back together. Nice little earner if you are good at it.

DCFC79

patman99 wrote: »

Try the apprentice route. I believe there is a website that lists apprentaships up and down the country.

is this the site

Phils_debt

i did my qualifications at my local council as an apprentice got nvq 2 and got a placement with a company then went on to college with work and got my nvq 3 and marine engineering certificate ,did it for a year then chucked it ,i got fed up of working 6am-8pm 6 days aweek for not alot of money ,the pay isnt very good around here (up north)
i wanted to go on rigs but i have more chance of being a premiership footballer and im crap at football :rotfl: