Underwater Welding The job I plan to have when I leave Hiram is to me, one of the best jobs ever. The job I will like to have is underwater welding. Underwater welding is the process of welding at elevated pressures, normally underwater. It is also called Hyperbaric welding. It can either take place wet in the water itself or dry inside a specially constructed positive pressure enclosure and hence a dry environment. A welder fuses materials, such as steel and aluminum, together to create mechanisms or to fix things that are broken. Some jobs require past experience, while others offer on the job training for entry-level welders. Manual dexterity and the ability to use hand and power tools is needed. Attention to detail is also important …show more content…
Welding takes just as much time to learn and perfect just as if you where in a science class or on a football team. With welding you have to know how to work all machines and work several other things. Plus, welding is a very dangerous job. You can get cut, burned, blinded or blown up. The most difficult part about welding is learning how to work different machines. In welding there are eight different types of welding. There is Oxy fuel welding, Shielding metal arch welding (SMAW), Gas tungsten arch welding (GTAW), Gas metal arch welding (GMAW), Flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), Submerged arch welding (SAW), Electroslag welding (ESW), and Electric resistance welding (ERW). Each one of these require you to know different things to be able to work them …show more content…
With welding, there are so many opportunities. You can go from working local, to being on the other side of the world. The average welder can make from 14 to 30 dollars and hour. Underwater welders can make form 25 dollars an hour and up. Regular welders salaries can range from 25,000 to 70,000 a year. Underwater welders can make from 50,000 to 100,000 a year and most likely more. Welding gives you the pleasure to be able to move and see different things. For instance, I am from Mississippi so, I would like to be able to go to the West coast and other places. I have been certain places but with welding, I could go cross country and go to the Rome or somewhere. If I was to do underwater welding, life would be good for the rest of my life. I would have insurance, could get retirement and just the pleasure to be in different
There are two types of careers that allow welders the opportunity to weld and dive. One career is offshore underwater welding (offshore) and the other is inland underwater welding (inland). Although offshore underwater welding has more job opportunities than inland underwater welding, offshore pays slightly higher and has more benefits than inland. Those are not the only two variables though, you also have to think about which is more dangerous, and which wears your body down more. Last, which will keep you away from family and friends?
Welding is very important to society and the way we live. It is used for building the oil and gas pipeline. Also, it is used for making plane and auto parts. Most welding is done in aircraft plants and in custom fabrication shops. Other welding jobs are done on the pipeline all over America. Without welding, everyone would be without vehicles and any other form of transportation. Also, there would be no commercial buildings as welding is a major part of the foundation and structure. Our modern way of life would be completely different without welding.
Even though welding has been around for a long time, most of the best inventors were around during the 19th century and have changed the way thing are done today. During the 20th century, many technological advancements developed and have made welding easier because of the different types of welding that have been developed. Welding impacted the world during World War l, because during the war armaments that were going to be utilized were ordered in tremendous amounts. Therefore, welding has been around since the Iron Age and has let people build strong steel and powerful armament such as Weapons, tanks, and planes. Finally, welding has had many advancements, and will continue to do so in the future, because the world needs
“We do it right the first time”(plumbers and pipefitters local 653). That is the quote that pipefitting unions across the U.S. uses. Steamfitters assemble,repair,and instal pipelines that carry water,compressed air,gases,liquids,and steam that is required for processing manufacturing,cooling,and heating. They join two or more metal pieces by applying heat to them with filler metal which melts and fuses them, creating a strong bond between them when the metal parts cooldown. Becoming a steamfitter/welder is a excellent choice for someone that wants great earning potential,excellent employment opportunities,and provides for outdoor work.
To begin with, Study.com tells that the lowest level of education required is a high school diploma or equivalent. Many employers may require an employer- based welding test. Some employers look for a certificate or undergraduate degree from a technical school (Study.com). Next, it is important to note where training is available. WATC.edu states, that they offer a welding program. WATC is located in Wichita Kansas. Their welding program allows students to gain knowledge and skills in cutting, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and provides some exposure to oxy-acetylene cutting and welding (WATC.edu). In addition, the length and cost of the training is an important consideration. WATC.edu shares, that there are 5 different degree and certificate options. The one I would be interested in is the Welding Technical Certificate option. This one would be a total of 46 credit hours and would cost a total of $10,524. Finally, this job requires certain traits, talents and interests. The Occupational Handbook adds, that welders often must work in awkward positions using tools, so they need to be able to put up with that. A lot of times, overtime will be present. So you would have to be available for overtime if needed. Welders are required to lift heavy objects sometimes. So a welder should be fairly strong (The OCO). I think that being a welder would be hard work. I feel that I would be able to work hard enough to be a welder. I now know what traits a person should have, in order to be a welder. In summary, there are educational and personal qualifications to consider if I want to become a
Some techniques of welding started a thousand years ago, it was not till 1800 modern welding started (“Welders”173). Welding had its major uproar in the start of World War I (“Welding and the Society”). In the beginning there was a very high demand for all metal ships, some of the first tanks, and planes. Col. Scott Ritchie said, “welding has done much to keep us above and ahead of the enemy” (“Welding and the Society”). Welding as played an important part in modern wars for America from from sea to air and the land between. On the other hand welding goes back to the year of 1877 resistance welding was first created (“Welders and Welding Technicians” 961). Followed by arc welding in 1889, which is the most used welding today, then came thermite welding in 1900 (“Welders and Welding Technicians” 961). As of today, there is twelve different types of welding used in everyday life ("AWS Revises Major Qualification Standard"). This includes oxyfuel gas welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, submerged arc welding, laser beam welding, gas metal arc welding, flux cored arc welding, plasma arc welding, electroslag welding, electrogas welding, electron beam welding and arc stud welding ("AWS Revises Major Qualification
To paraphrase Alexander Pope, “True ease in welding comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to work the puddle.” The puddle is what forms when I first start a weld; however, working the puddle means controlling the weld puddle to form a consistent weld. I think college will not truly teach me how to work the puddle and will not give me the experience I want. I think technical school will truly teach me how to work the puddle and give me the best experience for the welding industry. I think college’s cost, length, job outlook, and social experience is worse versus technical school’s cost, length, job outlook, and social experience. Technical school will ease me into the welding industry with the learning of a true
I have not failed many times in welding but some things I have struggled with and have had trouble with were my straightness in my beads, dealing with the guys, and my leg length. When I do not do something correctly I usually do not take failure as an option.
Welding is about creating physical things to help the public progress further into the future. Welding is about making it possible to get from point A to B in a much faster way. I am really looking forward to helping the world with this job, and using all the new technology that keeps coming out for this career. Taking Welding 1, 2, and metal fabrication are the reasons I want to become a welder. Just the fact of melting metals, and watching them connect to make structures is enough to make anybody wanna be a welder.
scientific experiments (Go welding: history of welding 1). Conventional welding is most easily explained as arc welding processes. Some arc welding processes are TIG welding, Stick Welding(SMAW), and MIG welding. TIG stands for Tungsten Inert Gas welding this means that using tungsten as a electrode and an inert gas, which is usually argon, the weld is produced by creating an arc between the piece being welded and the tungsten electrode. SMAW or stick welding utilizes a stick electrode held in a clamp surrounded by a powdered substance to weld. Mig welding uses a machine that holds a wire feeder within it, the wire feeder feeds the wire electrode through a tube to a gun that slowly sends out the wire as well as a steady flow of inert gas. These and other processes classified as conventional welding processes are the best processes for welding jobs because they are more cost effective, more...
One main category of welding is arc welding. Arc welding uses a current sent from an electrode, through the base metal, and back into the ground clamp on your welder. This arc creates a tiny spot of immense heat that melts the metal around it, thus creating a weld puddle, or the puddle of molten metal. Within arc welding there are MIG, TIG, and stick welding.
Welding can be traced back to the ancient times. One of the earliest methods of welding is bronze age. when ancient people back then had small gold circular were made by pressured welding lap joined together. Then in the Iron Age the Egyptians and people in the eastern area learned to weld pieces of iron together. In the middle age blacksmithing was developed. Blacksmithing is when you weld a piece of metal and hammering it but it was in the 19 century that welding was invented as they know it today.
welding is or how it works. According to Levi, E. E“Welding is nothing more than the art of joining metals together” (Levi, E. E. ). A welding
Welding is an art, science, and high paying career all in one. Welding is the most effective way to join two pieces of metal, it is the only way to join them so they act as one. Numerous things in our daily lives has been welded from coffeepots to skyscrapers. Welding can be done almost anywhere outdoors, indoors, underwater, and even space (“Welding Basics”). It is practically
Jonathan Atteberry claims, “T.I.G welding is difficult to learn and requires an elaborate welding rig of skills. It also uses a lot of electricity to make the welds clean and spatter less” (Parag 5). T.I.G welding is hard to learn because people have different hand coordination.... ... middle of paper ...