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They are talking about this topic: Occupation-Specific Skills

 

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Respondents who represent welding and fabrication occupations say it is difficult to find qualified welders; this is due, in part, to the lack of welding programs at high schools and junior colleges. Several employers hire workers with minimal experience and then train them on-site. Employers would like to see the creation of new welding programs.

Employer Quote Region
"Employer 1: I would say the demand is higher, especially for welders and fabricators.

Employer2: Same for us. It's dramatically higher in some cases."		 Southeast
"That's the biggest issue we have—finding welders. We're training and coaxing people to become welders." Southeast
"Question: Okay, so one of the things that we've heard is that people will apply for welding because they're a backyard welder—maybe they can weld a bumper on a car. Are you taking those kinds of individuals and training them? Or is that not what you need?

Employer 1: That's not what we need, but that's what we find. And, in some cases, we're taking them and training them, but a lot of times they wind up not making it. So, you get a person who says, `Okay, I'm going to try it.' They're pretty desperate, and we have a high fall-out rate with those kinds of folks. The transitions are pretty dramatic to become the kind of welder that we need.

Question: Okay, so welders are not coming out of the programs. So, where are you finding the few that you are finding?

Employer 1: We're training 20 internally right now, for instance. We're taking a lot of the ranks of people that we have. We're back-filling the assembly people and those kinds of people. We tell them that they can skill up and increase their pay. So, we're actually doing internal training, and then stealing back-and-forth."		 Southeast
"We're looking for welders, at least I am. We've got robotic welders, for example, and we've got to train more. How do we do that?" Southeast