A welding career has much more variety than commonly known. As a matter of fact, they have one of the most diverse career paths of any skilled trade profession! If you’re considering joining the welding profession, check out these fun facts about the trade from CareersInWelding.com to give you an idea about the diversity of the field. Interesting areas of welding work include:
- NASCAR Preparation. Did you know that before the rubber meets every NASCAR track, nearly a thousand man-hours will be spent welding and fabricating each race car? Prior to every NASCAR race hundreds of parts are hand-cut, welded and machined to get each car ready to go.
- Explosion Welding. Explosion welding is a powerful tool that does what many other welding processes can’t – join virtually every type of metal. Even if those metals are completely different, explosion welding is powerful enough to fuse them together.
- Everyday Product Welding. Over half of all products made in the U.S. have needed the skills of a welder to create. That includes race cars, bridges, ships, computers, medical devices, oil rigs, farm equipment, cell phones, scooters, and even MP3 players!