" JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
news On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:41:41 -0500, HK wrote:

It takes a lot more education, training, and skill to become a
steamfitter than it does to become a college graduate.
Harry - give it up - please, you are making an ass of yourself.

4 years for a college grad. 5 years for a steamfitter.

Eh?

Do they get paid during those 5 years?


Of course.

Irrelevant.


And the major qualification is the 5 years .... not competence.

Eisboch


That may be the key. I wonder what the final certification
qualifications are Do you know?


And you can go to your local Junior College and get in the welding program.
2 years or so you get to graduate with an Associates degree and welding
certification. Seems like those of us who worked our way through college
probably had more than 8000 hours of school and work experience.

"CalifBill" wrote in message
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And you can go to your local Junior College and get in the welding
program. 2 years or so you get to graduate with an Associates degree and
welding certification. Seems like those of us who worked our way through
college probably had more than 8000 hours of school and work experience.


I am not familiar with all the various levels of certification for welders.
I know that many welders are not certified at all while some have multiple
certifications. We occasionally performed contracts that required a "U"
stamp, "N" stamp or both. The drawings had to be signed off by a
registered professional engineer and the welders that worked on the project
were required to be tested and certified to those stamp requirements.

My point in this discussion is that the certification requirements are the
same for both union and non-union welders.

Eisboch