Our business is to buy and sell welding equipment. But we want to promote the welder, journeyman and boilermaker.
The Government continues to investment in education and the funding of Training and Skills Centres. We recognise that vocational skills are back on the educational agenda and this helps our cause, but there are many other routes to gain your qualifications as a Welder.
The welding process is vital to this country. It helps to take dissimilar materials and join them together. From the chair you are sitting on, the car you drive, bridges, bikes and nuclear power stations, welding plays an active part in joining it all together.
The welding process continues to thrive and develop. It's a sought after and rewarding profession. A UK company recently paid a welder £100,000 p.a for his skill, highlighting the acute shortage of trained welders in the industry.
The UK’s shortage of welders is a serious issue that requires urgent attention.
Immediate action is need or the industry will face challenges that could impact economic growth, infrastructure development, and supply chains.
By investing in training, apprenticeships, and workforce development, the world can build a stronger workforce of skilled welders to ensure its industrial future remains secure.
So how do you decide if this is the right job for you?
If you start to look around your bedroom, office, park or along the road side you will see many objects created by joining metals together. Artists and sculptors often make a good career out of welding.
Look at a desk, the legs and upright stands are be joined to create a super strong bond of the two metals.
Examine the goal posts the next time you play football. Metal can be bent to various shapes but to join two together you need some form of heat and filler to make this a strong structure capable to do what is was designed for.
Even bikes, cars and buses are welded somewhere. Look at the handlebars or crossbar of a bike, can you find the join? It's more difficult on a car as welds are hidden, and automotive welding is often an automated welding process using a robotic welder on the production line.
Can you think of other objects that we use every day that could be welded? Are you creative? Would you like to see sparks in your job?
This basic welding process we all can see around us. There are many methods of welding that do not even show a blemish in the finished product. These are complex and often used in the nuclear, aerospace or petro-chemical industries, that require high quality, scientific welding process.
If you are a school leaver or younger person looking for an apprenticeship or training programme, we will provide you with information to learn if this is the career path you would like to follow. It will give you an idea of the many different industries you could be working in.
The great news is that Welders are needed around the world. Even more so with the development of renewable and environmental engineering.
Not only could you get the chance to travel and work abroad, but welding jobs in all of the major industrial sectors from ship building to offshore pipe welding are in abundance and the belief today is that there needs to be a huge investment in trainees in all areas of manufacturing engineers.
Part time and Full time courses are available from most higher education colleges. The pay seems pretty decent and if you complete further training courses and skills you will be in demand for many high profile jobs.
Are you a qualified welder and looking for a new direction, company or country to work in?
Ever wondered how electron beam welding works and what it makes? Do you like the thought of underwater welding on pipes and underground structures?
Looking to get into your hobby of motorsport?
A welder has more experience than our team of using welding equipment and the various applications. It would be great if you could share your welding and fabrication successes to encourange youngsters into the professional.
Contact us with photos of your welding and fabrication projects so we can share on our socials.
