How can you get a good pipe welding job without lying about experiance?

I have worked really hard, graduated from welding school and can learn very fast, but it seems that if I want to get a welding job that pays a good wage, I would have to lie about my experiance. I was an honest person before i started welding and I would like to stay that way.

Im in the same boat my friend i passed welding school and got my common arc welding papers and i still cant find a job or get called out for a welding job in the union most jobs around my area are mig welding jobs paying 10 a hour

Did you join the boilermakers union? I did the same thing and they never would send me to work. I ended up going non union to goto work. Now, I can't find work because I don't have experiance. I just want a chance.

yea im with the international brotherhood of boilermakers its been three months since i passed their test and i still havent been sent any work and every job that i try i dont have enough experience im thinkin about weldiding for the navy maybe i could get on in a shipyard

hey guys ,dont feel bad..i am a certified welder in many areas and have several years experience under my belt...and guess what? i also have not been called or been able to find a job!! i have put several resumes out there and called several places,,and no luck at all!!! its a rough way to go these days! wish us all luck n work sooon.what i would like to know is this,,,if there is such a so called shortage of welders,,,then why are we not getting called back or becoming employed if its such a shortage on our trade of welders?

Rus Jackson in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma said: I have worked really hard, graduated from welding school and can learn very fast, but it seems that if I want to get a welding job that pays a good wage, I would have to lie about my experiance. I was an honest person before i started welding and I would like to stay that way.

i live in kentucky ,i am 30 and been welding since i was 13 years old .F ive of those years are school xp.There is not one job here that is worth my time with the xp i have .Jobs range from 8-14 an hour when there is jobs.My feelings are i thank i waste a good part of my life working towards nothing.If u can find a pipe welding job it will pay but there is never a pipe welding job in kentucky

i live in kentucky ,i am 30 and been welding since i was 13 years old .F ive of those years are school xp.There is not one job here that is worth my time with the xp i have .Jobs range from 8-14 an hour when there is jobs.My feelings are i thank i waste a good part of my life working towards nothing.If u can find a pipe welding job it will pay but there is never a pipe welding job in kentucky

You have to go where the work is, start at the bottom and work up get the experiance makeing small money and get a reputation. and there is work out there oil field, shipyards, local metal fab and such you just have to do the foot work and find where its at dont wait for call backs in tough times any work is worth your time im sue we all have what it takes to do any job but we also have familys to feed and baby shoes to buy

u can lie about ur experience but when they test u or put u to work and wonder why u dont know what the heck ur doing,,they will know ur unexperienced!! so dont lie,,everyone starts somewhere and u cant learn if ur not honest!! they will know by ur work if u are new at welding or not,,so trust me,,dont lie,,they will know!

Rus Jackson in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma said: I have worked really hard, graduated from welding school and can learn very fast, but it seems that if I want to get a welding job that pays a good wage, I would have to lie about my experiance. I was an honest person before i started welding and I would like to stay that way.

lie my friend cus they want u 2 lie about ur experiance
if u dont u will never start aske me i was in ur shose until i lie

lie to have ajop

welding in the booth an in the field is night an day, so put in the work as a helper learn some tricks, work hard and u will be ok.

in my opinion you don't want to blow the keyhole before you get to burn the rod...don't lie...they find out sooner or later, then that's when the calls never come again...

Agree don't lie if they have an opening as a fitters helper just get in the door! you better be ready when it time to test practice at work at home, because your going to have to prove to Q.C that you know what your doing.you screw it up ITS OVER! just because you can melt wire and drive two miles to work don't make you a journeyman welder!!!its kinda like this i was told a average welded joint to weld in a refinery from getting the pipe off the truck to final installation cost $5.0000.00 a joint WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW A NOVICE TO WELD THAT. YOU SCREW IT UP THE BOSS WILL BE PISSED OFF AT ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

WELDING IS LIKE KARATE:When you first go to welding school you learn the trade every test in school would be like getting a differnt color belt. When you graduate you get your black belt you think your bad. then when you get out in the real world and see how things really are you then learn you have 10 degree's of a black belt to learn.I'VE been welding on and off for over 25 years.I would say i'm a 7th degree. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN LIE TO A OLD HAND THAT'S BEEN AROUND YOUR GOING TO GIVE HIM SOMTHING TO LAUGH AT!!!!BECUZ I CAN TELL IF YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR DAD, WENT TO SCHOOL OR IF YOUR A MILLWRIGHT MASQURADING AS A PIPEFITTER!!!

bart in Ft Mitchell, Kentucky said: i live in kentucky ,i am 30 and been welding since i was 13 years old .F ive of those years are school xp.There is not one job here that is worth my time with the xp i have .Jobs range from 8-14 an hour when there is jobs.My feelings are i thank i waste a good part of my life working towards nothing.If u can find a pipe welding job it will pay but there is never a pipe welding job in kentucky

hte reason the wages have gone down for a trade that is rare is because th mexican are coming in and lowering the wages. this will continue to happen as long as you are doing a job that they can do just as good and w/ no complaints. the answer is save as much as you can to buy a truck and machine to work for yourself and find a rig or pipeline company to work for. if you have your certs. and can pass a test "they will hire you"

m.graham in Dallas, Texas said: hte reason the wages have gone down for a trade that is rare is because th mexican are coming in and lowering the wages. this will continue to happen as long as you are doing a job that they can do just as good and w/ no complaints. the answer is save as much as you can to buy a truck and machine to work for yourself and find a rig or pipeline company to work for. if you have your certs. and can pass a test "they will hire you"

Totally not true! I have everything you listed and havent been called out or called back! no one will give me a chance! I have the experiance in the welding pipe and structural in the plants wich are more critical than oil feild work and i recently was a welding director for a vocational school and i tell them that and it just rolls in one ear and out another...sorry if i sounded rude but ive been frustraded getting all this negative feed back...