Just hire a Tulsa Welding School graduate. They would probably know more than this complete thread.
A piece of paper obtained in a controlled environment doesn’t beat experience. Depends on the job that needs done I suppose. When I was a teenager I hired a self proclaimed pipeline welder that was in his 50’s to help me repair a bunch of old corrals. It didn’t take long and he got demoted to bein my hand while I welded. I’ve also run into a handful of guys that claimed they didn’t really learn to weld until they got a job after school. I think schools that teach trades are a great thing but experience can’t be bought and his hard to teach.
Oh and that guy that I had hired, he ran my welding supply store bill through the roof with all kinds of rod like 5p plus and I dunno how many cutoff wheels, grinding wheels and lenses for his hood. Lol
We usually use Tulsa welding school grads for tackers because that’s about all they know when they graduate every once in a while we will find one that can pass a weld test
LOL, You usually need a lots of grinding wheel when you don't know how to weld. I got a lots of first hand experience.
