Jay Leno Promotes Welding
Jay Leno shows his custom car built by welders. He speaks on behalf of the American Welding Society. Jay Leno encourages young people to become a welder and the benefits it has in the future.
Jay Leno shows his custom car built by welders. He speaks on behalf of the American Welding Society. Jay Leno encourages young people to become a welder and the benefits it has in the future.
20, qualified pipe welder on a nuclear site. hate it.
im gonna be the youngist welder in my school welding class to ever certify. 15 trick
Thank you for the recognition but… did you have to point out that all the old guys are gray now…;-)
im 17 and i love welding!!!!! Long live the arc! Im at my high school class doing an apprenticeship right now got 300 hours already and its still coming!
Great Video!!!
Thank you JAY for remind the rest of the country that our infrastructure need an overhaul and is going to take qualified workers with special skills to do the job.
Jobs that cant be outsourced and have to be done sooner than later by Welders who are a special kind of people that are not afraid of the hard work and take pride on their job.
Thx Jay Leno I needed to hear this.
Have you guys seen “You Can’t Weld This!”? It’s pretty funny… The guys over at WeldingMart com had it made! Do a youtube search for it
Nice bro! Thats amazing!
im 20 years old and im a welder! and i watch jay leno’s show and i love cars just as much as he does, we need more young welders
I got my first job as a welder making $16.75/hr. I knew the basics, But Wasnt very skilled. I could mig weld, But that was about it. I learned the tricks of the trade from some old timers in the shop, and actually got to the point where when a job came in, people came striaght to me because they knew i’d do it right.. Got laid off from the place, Now i have my own shop. Work is slow right now, but when i’m busy, the money is great. I’m 24 years old and i Couldn’t imagine doing anything else.
amen brother
Unionize and probablly get more
Definatly become UNION!We get 40$ and over! Im out east, not alot of work for anyone except welders! Im learning now
You go! Jay. Inspiring. Nice car too!
im from new york. i work for a trucking company building con ed trucks. i only make 15 an hour welding. i worked for a railing business. thats where i seen theres money to be made.
The country is falling apart because we don’t understand that the life cycle cost of a project includes CONSTRUCTION, UPKEEP, and DECOMMISSIONING. Each of those parts have their own significant cost.
But we only fund the construction part because it gives incumbent politicians something to say “hey! look what I accomplished this term! Vote for ME!”
More of the American “use it, throw it away, and buy another one, it ain’t my problem anymore” mentality. We need a different attitude, first.
I work in an oilfield repair shop. $50 an hour. No pipe. Jobs are out there just need to look and be willing to move.
thats great if your welding for jay leno. ive been welding for 22 years. i have 6-6g welding certs, and blacksmithed for 13 yrs. but every time i go on craigslist or other welder job postings around the country, all i see is “need experienced welder pay-$14-17 per hr DOE” is this where a life time of perfecting my craft has lead? hey jay, how bout a job? welders need to stop excepting these jobs until the companies have no choice but to offer more. unfortunatly we also have to feed our families.
sorry people I dont know where thses welders live but my husband has been a welder for 32 years and has 5 certs, he has been laid off 4,6 months now. we live in n. calif. and the most hes ever made welding is 17.oo hr. so word of advice if your gonna weld become union,and dont live in n. calif.
According to studies. By this time next year, 2010, once all of the welders that are in class now have graduated or whatever and go to work, there will be shortage of 200,000 welders. that is world wide. So get that certification and get welding. Pipe is wehre the money is. Unless you do some kind of specialty welding. then the money is endless. (save save save)
PIPE PIPE PIPE. And shipyards. Charleston, S.C. is paying 25 + an hour. Norflok shipyards are paying 50 + for Nickel and Copper welding.
The fact is nothing is 100% secure and NEVER will be.
inspiring…sort of
my point was related to the fact that the auto industry just went tits up, and the construction industry is suffering hard too. They are by far the highest employer of welders. I was laid off from building aerial scissor lifts myself, I know a lot of unemployed welders right now, so if you want to point them to this endless source of work, be my guest.