thedeanz13
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i am a complete noob at welding but i am going to school at arc labs at columbia sc its a 10 week boot camp i go to school for 10 weeks for 5 days 40 hours a week and i get my certification. im just wondering if this is the best course or way to go about this. i do learn great from hands on and i need the money quick its better than applebees at 9 an hour. ill take 12 an hour lol i just want advice for things to look foward to like what welds ill be throwing my torch at and what welds to ill do for 12 hours a day lol ill be back on every day once a day
Artie F. Emm
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Welcome to the forum!
I went to the Arc Labs website, and it says you complete the course and you should be ready for a structural welding job. I didn't see anything about a certification, though they are an AWS certified testing site. If they'll graduate you with an AWS D1.1 cert then good on ya!
Just so you know, the actual path toward getting a job may include being a welder's helper for a while. Others on this board may be able to provide more insight.
The website says the course involves some classroom instruction hours and hands on hours... find a way to maximize >everything<. If you get 30 minutes for lunch, eat in 20 minutes, go back to the lab, and start welding 10 minutes sooner than everyone else. Start early, stay late, sponge up everything you can. Even though you're a hands-on learner, challenge yourself and make the best of the classroom hours too.
Best of luck with it!
I went to the Arc Labs website, and it says you complete the course and you should be ready for a structural welding job. I didn't see anything about a certification, though they are an AWS certified testing site. If they'll graduate you with an AWS D1.1 cert then good on ya!
Just so you know, the actual path toward getting a job may include being a welder's helper for a while. Others on this board may be able to provide more insight.
The website says the course involves some classroom instruction hours and hands on hours... find a way to maximize >everything<. If you get 30 minutes for lunch, eat in 20 minutes, go back to the lab, and start welding 10 minutes sooner than everyone else. Start early, stay late, sponge up everything you can. Even though you're a hands-on learner, challenge yourself and make the best of the classroom hours too.
Best of luck with it!
Dave
aka "RTFM"
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thedeanz13
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thats what my instructor from south carolina government help or aka sc works its all free i just have to keep my job while going to school so im working close to 80 hours a week with the hour drive to school its going to be 10 weeks of hell but a better future. I wanted to do metal spinning but my last job didnt think i was built up enough for the job. so now im trying the art of welding but noted on the timing of lunch and soaking it up like a spongeArtie F. Emm wrote:Welcome to the forum!
I went to the Arc Labs website, and it says you complete the course and you should be ready for a structural welding job. I didn't see anything about a certification, though they are an AWS certified testing site. If they'll graduate you with an AWS D1.1 cert then good on ya!
Just so you know, the actual path toward getting a job may include being a welder's helper for a while. Others on this board may be able to provide more insight.
The website says the course involves some classroom instruction hours and hands on hours... find a way to maximize >everything<. If you get 30 minutes for lunch, eat in 20 minutes, go back to the lab, and start welding 10 minutes sooner than everyone else. Start early, stay late, sponge up everything you can. Even though you're a hands-on learner, challenge yourself and make the best of the classroom hours too.
Best of luck with it!