Brief profile: -wildland firefighter in summer -certified 6G Open root SMAW/FCAW. -three years experience. Mostly natural gas piping all position and diameters 1" to 6" -plan on world travel this winter, and would like to pick up some international welding work in between. Temp/term projec...

I decided to learn how to weld last August and enrolled in a welding tech program at a local college. I never welded before that [ever], and decided to put forth effort since I paid for the program out of pocket. I take my 6G SMAW test on Wednesday. I've done at least 5 that pass visual inspection, ...