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I am trying to start a career on a shipyard. I am in East Texas and I was builing oilfield equipment. The plant shut down because of the slow oilfield. The job Market here is very bad. I am waiting to go to work at a Trane air conditioning plant doing brazing. It's a seasonal job though and they lay off part of the year. That's the only job I can find though.
I want to go to work on a shipyard somewhere on the Gulf of Mexico. I saw one at Pascagoula Mississippi. It is Ingals shipbuilding. They have a training center and have 11000 workers. I have a welding certificate and welded some buiding railcars and oilfield heater treaters. I would do any job if it got me in the door. I saw a school in Jacksonville Florida that last four months school for shipyard welding, but i can't pay the $15,000 now because i went through a divorce from a longterm marriage and the layoff drew down my savings. I got a job working as an oilfield welders helper but got laid off again.
I can't pass the welding test at this time. I wasn't working in the high end welding to get the experience I need. I weded and fit the jackets and welded the fenders on the railcars. I built and welded the skids and bracers on the oilfield skids. I then moved to pressure testing the vessels and fireboxes. I rewelded the welds that didn't pass. I didn't weld the high end xray welds though. I practiced for the welding test during my luches and passed it. I never got to go to full time welding because the orders slowed and they were getting rid of welders left and right. I was able to stay at my job until they closed the plant.
I want to go to the shipyards and try to get a job in one when they do the seasonal layoff. I don't care if it's shipfitter, laborer or welders trainey. I saw a shipfitter bootcamp in Mississippi but it was for mississippi residents. I saw a school in Alabama but it was for Alabama residents. I have been able to pass 1" overhead and vertical flux core test in the past but i currently don't have a place to practice. I repaired the welds with stick and that didn't help me keep my flux core fresh. If someone knows how i could get in at a shipyard i would apreciate it.
I want to go to work on a shipyard somewhere on the Gulf of Mexico. I saw one at Pascagoula Mississippi. It is Ingals shipbuilding. They have a training center and have 11000 workers. I have a welding certificate and welded some buiding railcars and oilfield heater treaters. I would do any job if it got me in the door. I saw a school in Jacksonville Florida that last four months school for shipyard welding, but i can't pay the $15,000 now because i went through a divorce from a longterm marriage and the layoff drew down my savings. I got a job working as an oilfield welders helper but got laid off again.
I can't pass the welding test at this time. I wasn't working in the high end welding to get the experience I need. I weded and fit the jackets and welded the fenders on the railcars. I built and welded the skids and bracers on the oilfield skids. I then moved to pressure testing the vessels and fireboxes. I rewelded the welds that didn't pass. I didn't weld the high end xray welds though. I practiced for the welding test during my luches and passed it. I never got to go to full time welding because the orders slowed and they were getting rid of welders left and right. I was able to stay at my job until they closed the plant.
I want to go to the shipyards and try to get a job in one when they do the seasonal layoff. I don't care if it's shipfitter, laborer or welders trainey. I saw a shipfitter bootcamp in Mississippi but it was for mississippi residents. I saw a school in Alabama but it was for Alabama residents. I have been able to pass 1" overhead and vertical flux core test in the past but i currently don't have a place to practice. I repaired the welds with stick and that didn't help me keep my flux core fresh. If someone knows how i could get in at a shipyard i would apreciate it.
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