Welding School: How About On the Job Training With Pay?

Even in this rotten economy, where there are 5 people looking for work for every job opening, heavy construction firms that build bridges, power plants and refineries are looking for welding and pipefitter trainees. Many of these companies will hire people with little or no experience and put them through their own private training programs. Trade Unions, like the Pipefitters, are also eager to get new recruits. Many of these jobs offer pay while training and lots of overtime pay. Jobs like this are not for everyone. The have lots of discipline and the work can be repetitive. They can also expose workers to the rigors of working outdoors in heat and freezing cold. Of course Walmart is also hiring parking lot technicians, but if you want to get skills that you can use to earn a family supporting wage and build some serious stuff this may be something to look into.

As a guy who has lived through this kind of stuff I'd say the most important thing is to...

Do Something, and Do it Sooner Rather Than Later.

... If you get skills earlier in life you can pick a better job later, or even better, start your own business.

Check out the recruiting video for Cianbro Corp (link near the bottom of their page) . I don't have any connection to this company, but the list of positions they have to fill looks pretty impressive! It looks like they are doing public infrastructure work and utilities, where there is no slowdown in the economy yet.