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Originally Posted by meme405
If you actually have your welding ticket, and then move into QC you have an enormous advantage over the other 90% of idiots who just studied B31.3 and went and passed a test. A lot of those guys get run off job after job cause they have no idea wtf they are talking about when it comes to actually telling a welder whats going on.
They have the technical knowledge, but not the practical application.
I would take a b-level welder who is fresh on the inspection side, rather than most inspectors with no welding experience.
My justification of that is how can you tell someone how to do their job if you have never done it?
Either way though even if I was only looking for welders having that inspection ticket is a huge bonus, and its just one more thing to make you that much more valuable to any potential employer.
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Well, unfortunatly,when it comes to any modern quality system, a welder typically is not well equipped for the job of inspector/QC.
Sure he will be able to perform in-process welding inspections and visual inspection of completed welds, but thats probably less than 5% of how inspectors/qc's spend their time.
Being an inspetor you don't need to tell a welder how to do their job, you only need to tell them whether or not they meet any speific acceptance criteria, whether it's a welding procedure, or the visual acceptance criteria of B31.3 etc. It's no my job to tell you how to watch your keyhole and whip your rod etc.
The best QC guys I hired were typically pipefitters or EIT's, they learn much faster, usually don't have shitty "I'm worth 100$/hour to look at welds" attitudes, and can actually use a computer and do math.
Most welders don't understand a WPS, most QC guys don't either, it's an industry full of retards.
Having said all that, I completely encrouage people to always strive for personal improvement, even if you never get to use XX ticket, you will still learn a lot in the process of getting it. It' just a lot harder to break into the industry now.
(If this is full of typo's I'm sorry, my work DELL keyboard i falling apart.)