Crafting a Unique and Creative Career with Swanton Welding
Choosing a career – or making a career move – is a decision that can weigh heavily. You want to make sure you choose a job that is in demand, provides room to grow and advance, and will allow you to make a good living in today’s challenging economy. While all the trades are excellent options for a career, welding allows you to blend technical skills with creativity and problem-solving. When you choose welding, you will have a unique and rewarding career.
Welding is a Trade that Blends Technical Skills with Artistry
Going into a trade is an excellent choice for a career. Skilled trades have been valued in the past, are valued today, and will continue to be valued in the future. However, welding isn’t just a skilled trade. While there is obvious skill and technical knowledge involved in welding, there is also artistry to the work. As a welder, you will quite literally be designing and shaping metal into something that is not only functional but aesthetically appealing. Sculpting and creating with metal can be highly satisfying.
Welding is a Career that Fosters Creativity and Problem-Solving Skills
Welding is a dynamic work environment. As you go further in your welding career, you will move from following directions for solutions that more experienced welders have developed, but you will begin to use those problem-solving skills to design solutions for different industries creatively. Welders need to be able to identify potential weaknesses or flaws and find creative solutions to make the metal work. Welders must troubleshoot and work around potential roadblocks in the process quickly. The more experience you gain as a welder and the more you work with master welders, the better you will get at problem-solving, a skill that will add value to everything you do.
Welding has an Impact on Everyday Life
Many potential welders are drawn to the skilled trades because they want to see their work make a real impact every day. Some careers may be fulfilling but don’t offer the immediate impact on everyday life that welding does. Skilled welders get to see their hard work take shape immediately and provide solutions that can be seen everywhere. When you work on manufacturing components for a bridge or skyscraper, you can take pride in seeing the finished product, knowing that you were a part of making that happen.
No Two Projects are the Same
No matter how interesting a job may be at the start, when monotony sets in, it’s hard to get motivated to keep going back. In welding, there is endless variety. No matter the industry you end up in, you will always have many different projects that keep your work fresh. As you advance and work on more complex projects, you will develop additional skills that will challenge you to grow. Swanton Welding works with many different industries, which is great for those who like variety in their day-to-day work.
Your Career as a Welder Can Take Many Directions
Swanton Welding specializes in custom metal fabrication projects, usually large-scale, heavy structural steelwork across many industries. Swanton has fabricated steel towers, structural steel for bridges, large mixing tanks for chemical processing, custom machinery components, aerospace components, sizable industrial storage tanks, extensive ductwork, and more. Swanton takes on projects of any size, from oil and gas to agriculture to aerospace. When you begin your career at Swanton Welding, you will explore different roles in many projects as you hone your skills. You’ll learn tool and die work, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, flux-cored arc welding, finishing, sheet metal work, and more. As you move through your on-the-job training, you will find what you are most passionate about and begin to focus on your career. Swanton Welding is dedicated to investing in our team and allowing employees to move through the ranks. Many of our master welders who started as apprentices have moved into roles in project management, welding inspection, and welding training.
An Apprenticeship Can Let You Explore All Welding Has to Offer
There are several different paths to a career in welding. You can enroll in a technical or vocational school or career academy. Welding programs are affordable and offer strong instruction, hands-on work, and the ability to graduate with a certification in welding. However, the drawback to this path is that you will need to wait to start your career while spending money on your education. Swanton Welding provides on-the-job training, allowing you to “earn as you learn.” When you join our team as an apprentice, you will balance education with even more hands-on experience from master welders still practicing their craft. Instead of acquiring debt, you’ll bring home a salary right away, and you will still get the knowledge you need for your certifications and to advance. With Swanton’s on-the-job training, you can explore all welding has to offer while bringing home a paycheck.
Swanton Welding Company is strongly committed to investing in every member of the team. From your first day as an apprentice, you will be able to feel your value, and know that your options are exciting and vast. Whether you hone your skills to become a specialist, explore your problem-solving skills as a project manager, or use your exceptional attention to detail as a welding inspector, starting your career at Swanton gives you many options for your future.
