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<blockquote data-quote="mac5005" data-source="post: 500273" data-attributes="member: 4650"><p>The problem is not the oil and gas industry paying welders too much, it's every other company only wanting to pay $12/hr to someone and asking them to do $19/hr work. </p><p></p><p>There are plenty of competent welders out there that will accept jobs fresh out of college with AWS qualifications, for $13/hour with benefits. But the only experience they can present on a resume is school shop time. </p><p></p><p>These are the guys you want to hire, being that they have had their welds tested recently, and have had a great amount of time behind the shield very recently. Definitely a better quality than someone who has been welding for 10+ years with no official training. </p><p></p><p>If you want a welder with some experience, qualifications, and can fabricate unsupervised, $17-$22 / hour starting pay. </p><p></p><p>If you want a welder that knows codes, can fabricate well, has experience, has tools, can operate plasma table, bend tech, and know proper design for tube work and suspensions, break out your wallet. </p><p></p><p>I feel like some shop owners want/need $22-$25/ hour welders but are only willing to pay $13/hr. </p><p></p><p>This is where consumers see the quality difference, and choose to pay for quality. </p><p></p><p>Just my .02.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac5005, post: 500273, member: 4650"] The problem is not the oil and gas industry paying welders too much, it's every other company only wanting to pay $12/hr to someone and asking them to do $19/hr work. There are plenty of competent welders out there that will accept jobs fresh out of college with AWS qualifications, for $13/hour with benefits. But the only experience they can present on a resume is school shop time. These are the guys you want to hire, being that they have had their welds tested recently, and have had a great amount of time behind the shield very recently. Definitely a better quality than someone who has been welding for 10+ years with no official training. If you want a welder with some experience, qualifications, and can fabricate unsupervised, $17-$22 / hour starting pay. If you want a welder that knows codes, can fabricate well, has experience, has tools, can operate plasma table, bend tech, and know proper design for tube work and suspensions, break out your wallet. I feel like some shop owners want/need $22-$25/ hour welders but are only willing to pay $13/hr. This is where consumers see the quality difference, and choose to pay for quality. Just my .02. [/QUOTE]
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