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I love welding talk and industrial stories with welding so keep me coming.

 

Trying for Norfolk or Newport News? or more commercial?

Looks fing dirty lol

 

Newport News is the goal since it’s the best paying lol

 

And it is dirty but it’s fun lol. you can only get so dirty. You get used to it.

 

Got the experience they want but never been in a shipyard is what’s fighting me lol. They look fun. What’s it like?

 

I only now one guy from Newport sadly. And not sure on their hiring process. If you wife is in the Navy and has the chance to get transferred to west coast/forward deployed might be worth going Norfolk though. If you get "refereed" to a hiring person at either let me know (via pm) your name and Ill let my buddy know (for Newport) or myself (for Norfolk) . least from Norfolk then quals are a lot more transferable to other federal shipyard.


Qualifications are a hell of a lot weirder than you are used to at the federal shipyards too

 

I started out as an insulator. You have no idea on dirty







and itchy

 

Bruh. Respect.

 

I CAN NOT speak for Newport News. Only the Federal ones. So Norfolk, Portsmout, Puget, Pearl.

Mind you my experience is with nucs


Pretty much....welders are welders. You dont do fit up. You dont do anything but weld. its a ship so stuff can be confined. You will spend time at a "weld school" to get "qualified" on processes. processes includes things like mixed metals, "seal welds", aluminum, ect. Weld school is a common thing for the federal welders.

You will run your own argon (probably 75/25 too). You will haul machines all over. up 6 flights of straights and down a 50 ft ladder type stuff. You WILL be audited. Either by PT, VT, RT, MT, or.....i dunno? lol.

PAPERWORK. PAPERWORK RULES ALL. Youll do weld rocord cars where shit is measured to the thousandth and then each layer (root, first layer, second, final, ect) is PT/VT'd.



NUC welders TIG.

 

I still shiver at the days i spent in a reactor compartment in 110 degree heat, in a tyvek suit, with full face respirator.....for 4+ hours ripping insulation off, bagging it, and dealing with it.




Nuc Insulators (well insulators in general) will always have a place in my heart for the shit they have to deal with

 

Gotta practice before the real weld.

Once you do it like backing up a trailer you don`t even think

 

Im fine backing up...till the dog licks me and blocks the mirror


which seriously was an issue our last trip lol. Rusty would sleep in the back till i went to back up....then every time would block the passenger side mirror and would nudge me with his nose. Whitney had to take him outside

 

This was seriousl our dogs favorite position.........standing, head in one of our hands, sleeping

 

7018?

 

Yes sir

 

Awwweeee da big baby lol.

 

Finally finished my bed cage

 

they’re emailing me a list of all the open positions

 

These guys are dorks lol. They emailed me about a advanced welder job and then he emailed me the list of open positions and it’s not even an option

 

Set number 49 on the year. And kinda dime stack welds for the dime stack haters hahaha