Welding Job Info (Charlotte, Concord, Hickory: job openings, construction, school)

[bsgke]

The time is getting closer for my family and I to move to NC! We would like my husband to be lined up with a job beforehand (obviously at this tough time.) He is welder, but has also been a construction laborer. Does anyone out here happen to have any leads on job openings in the welding field? He does mig, tig, and stick. Most of our research has been in the Charlotte area, however, we realize we will have to go where the jobs are . Thanks so much in advance!

[anifani821]

Just some ideas here . . . none may be a fit!!!

Turbotec, Hickory, NC

Owens Corning, Concord, NC

Aerotek Energy, Mooresville, NC

[bsgke]

Thank you very much, anifani821! I have jotted the above info down. I'll do a bit a research and hopefully one may be a fit!!!

[zthatzmanz28]

Not to hijack your thread but I thought instead of a new one...

My wife and I are moving to Johnston Co this month. I have job as a teacher.

So I thought I would ask about welding / welders--that is what my S-in-L does. He has been laid off here in MIchigan like every other month as a contract welder.

He is not certified, so what are the chances of finding employment if he and the family were to start looking in NC?

ANy web sites he might go to?

THANKS

[zthatzmanz28]

Just wondering, if there are others who are or were welders, what their reccomendation would be to a 30 year old who has 4 kids and has been laid off 4 times in the past 6 months.

Is there a future in welding? not sure if there is Michigan. Would he be better off learning another trade, something he could do in the evening while working days?

My wife and I have talked with him about his current situation, but he thinks we are wrong and that he just has to find the right job and he can be making $30 hr...If this is true, anyone have info about how this might happen? Either in Michigan or North Carolina?

[NCgirl]

I don't know anything about welding but maybe you can contact a school and talk to someone about welding opportunities in NC. Here is one in Charlotte. James Turner Institute of Welding Technology at CPCC.

[mm_mary73]

or chose another state other than NC that has a "better" unemployment rate than 8.7%

[zthatzmanz28]

Yeah we thought about that too...but we kind of thought NC was 2 percentage points better than MI...in Vegas that is worth betting the farm...

BUt since the top 15 or so states with single digit unemployment rely mainly on livestock harvesting (no welding required), farming (fewer welders than expected) and we still aren't sure what one does in MT or the Dakotas, we kind of were hoping to keep that family feeling by staying together...maybe not huh???

[nicholerey]

TEKTONE Global Technologies Foundation Inc. is a technical-vocational institution in Bicol that is the premier training provider of globally-competitive skilled workers in construction, tourism and related sectors. It provides competency-based training for welding and heavy equipment operation.

[zthatzmanz28]

Originally Posted by nicholerey

TEKTONE Global Technologies Foundation Inc. is a technical-vocational institution in Bicol that is the premier training provider of globally-competitive skilled workers in construction, tourism and related sectors. It provides competency-based training for welding and heavy equipment operation.

THANKS! Now all we need to do is get his butt to the PHILIPPINES!!

I think WAKE TECHNICAL would be an easier commute....