Welders: Fun Facts, Interesting Statistics and More Than a Few Reasons to Think About Switching Careers

SPARKS AN INFOGRAPHIC ABOUT WELDERS: FUN FACTS, INTERESTING STATISTICS AND MORE THAN A FEW REASONS TO THINK ABOUT SWITCHING CAREERS. DID YOU KNOW? WELDING IN SPACE WAS FIRST ATTEMPTED IN 1969 BY RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS. NASCAR: LONG BEFORE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD, ROUGHLY 950 MAN-H OURS ARE SPENT ON WELDING AND FABRICATION FOR EACH RACE CAR. HUNDREDS OF PARTS ARE HAND-CUT, WELDED AND MACHINED, FROM THE CHASSIS AND SUSPENSION TO THE DRIVETRAIN. THE EARLIEST RECORDED WELDS OCCURED IN 3,500 B.C. THE BR ONZE AGE. PICTURES OF WELDERS AND THEIR ANCIENT TOOLS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN LONG-SEALED EGYPTIAN TOMBS! MORE THAN 50% OF U.S. PRODUCTS REQUIRE WELDING. DO YOU KNOW WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS RELY ON WELDING? SOURCE HTTP://wWW.CAREERSINWELDING, COM/WELDING_FUN FACTS. PHP ANSWER ALL OF THEM TAKE UP THE TORCH! WELDER AVERAGE SALARIES SOURCE: HTTP:/WWW.SALARYEXPERT.COM/INDEX.CFM?FUSEACTION BROWSE.WELDER-SALARY-DATA-DETAILSECITVID 200SPOSITIONID=4133 WHAT DID'JA SAY, SONNY? 2 OUT OF 3 WELDING JOBS ARE IN MANUFACTURING. THE AVERAGE AGE OF WELDERS IN TODAY'S WORKFORCE IS... THI NEARLY HALF OF U. S. INDUSTRIES REPORT DIFFICULTIES LOCATING 54 QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH WELDING EXPERTISE - FROM APPRENTICE WELDERS TO ENGINEERS. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WILL RETIRE WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, CREATING A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED WORKERS TO REPLACE THEM. 55%F OF WELDERS WORK A STANDARD 40-HOUR WORK WEEK IN SHIFTS OF 8 TO 12 HOURS. DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, WELDERS MAY WORK OVERTIME, PUTTING IN UP TO 70 HOURS PER WEEK. SOURCES. HTTP://WWW.TAKEUPTHETORCH DRG/STUDENT/CHOOSE WELDINO HTML HTTP://WELDINGSCHOOLS.COM/RESOURGES/WELDING-CAREER-STATISTCS EMPLOYMENT OF WELDERS, CUTTERS, SOLDERERS, AND BRAZERS, BY STATE, MAY 2012 EMPLOYMENT 60 - 1,830 1,940 - 3,720 3,840 - 7,900 7,930 - 46,760 SOURCES HTTP://WWW.BLS.6OV /DES/CURRENT/DESS14121 HTM COOD000 100000000COOD1 TULSA TULSA WWELDING W WELDING SCHOOL "A Smart Investment" SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE www.WELDINGSCHOOL.COM You Tube ACCREDITED SCHOOL, ACCSC. TWS-JACKSONVILLE IS A BRANCH CAMPUS OF TULSA WELDING SCHOOL, LOCATED AT 2545 E. 11TH ST., TULSA, OK 74104. TULSA, OK CAMPUS IS LICENSED BY OBPVS. JACKSONVILLE, FL CAMPUS IS LICENSED BY THE FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR INDEPENDENT EDUCATION, LICENSE NO. 2331 AND BY THE MISSISSI PPI COMMISSION ON PROPRIETARY SCHOOLAND COLLEGE REGISTRATION, LICENSE NO. C-665, ACCREDITED IN INDIANA BY THE SWIC (AC-0290). GI BILL ELIGIBLE (CHECK WITH LOCAL CA MPUS FOR SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY). FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GRADUATION RATES, THE MEDIAN DEBT OF STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE OUR PROGRAMS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW. WELDINGSCHOOL COM GEDISCLOSURE. STEG-231 FLY WL $60,000.00 $40.000.00 00 000'DES $20.000.00 $0.00