3 Reasons Why You Need to Learn Pipe Welding Before Leaving Welding School

Almost everyone who goes to welding school soon finds out that pipe welding is the most difficult skill to learn and it also pays the most! But so many times welding students give up and take some low paying job just to start working. I have personally seen this and thought nothing of it. Later on I met a few welders who left welding school before learning how to weld pipe. Now they have 10 plus years of experience under their belts and wish they could go back to school. I always ask why and the same three reasons pop up:

1. Regret


2. Money


3. Job security and demand

They regret leaving school without learning how to weld pipe. The story is always the same. I was going to go back to school, but then I got married, bought a house, and have my kids to support! Now they have responsibilities that won't allow going back to school! Regret is one of the worst things to live with! If you are in school just stick it out. I know a job will get you a car and spending money but is the price worth it in the long run?

Money is one of the main reasons everyone wants to weld pipe. Yeah it can pay very well but how will you be able to earn a pipe welder's salary if you can't weld pipe? The bottom line is a good pipe welder will make 100k plus a year. I know welders that are under 25 years old making 10k plus a month just because they can do something most other people can't. The best part about pipe welding jobs is you don't need a collage degree to make those figures. If you leave school early you will make good money but never great money!

Job security these days is the big issue no matter what you do for a living! Pipe welders are always in demand and when times get better there is always a bidding war to get pipe welders in the door. Its real simple; supply and demand! Structural welders are a dime a dozen and pipe welders are scarce. About a year ago I went to a shipyard for a pipe welding job and seen this demand first hand. I arrived at 8am and started filling out my paper work. By 10am the room was full of structural welders and only three pipe welders. The human resource manager came out and said they have enough structural welders and to send anyone new back home. Then I watched the human resource manager complain about how she needs a room full of pipe welders and does not care to hire any more structural welders. This is the typical story when it comes to hiring welders. Structural welders are so easy to find but pipe welders are what they need.

After hearing all of this I am glad I learned to weld pipe. It's not easy but in the end it's your life and your choice. Before deciding if you want to follow through with learning how to weld pipe. Think about where you might be in 10 years and how your choices today will affect your life in the future!

My name is David Zielinski and I am a Certified Pipe Welder. If you would like more information about Pipe Welding then visit my website http://www.gowelding.org. All of the information is free and it is full of accurate, hard-to-find, real-life welding tutorials!

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