Are you a recent high school graduate asking yourself, now what? If you’re not planning to go to a four-year college after high school, or if you’re just looking to change careers, welding can offer an exciting career path, especially for those willing to travel.
A career as a traveling welder can combine a love of travel with a welding career and offer interesting career opportunities. Meeting the education and training requirements to becoming a welder is the first step to starting a career as a traveling welder.
Do welders travel?
Welding jobs can be local, with minimal travel required. However, traveling welders travel longer distances to other cities or countries getting the opportunity to see new places while also gaining welding experience. Traveling welders can work in a variety of different areas, including pipeline installation and shipbuilding.
How do you become a traveling welder?
What is the average traveling welder salary?
What are the top traveling welder careers?
It’s possible for traveling welders to find careers across the U.S., or in another country. A career as a traveling welder could be an ideal choice for a welder who enjoys traveling, seeing new places, and using their welding skills in a variety of different settings. Pursuing a career as a traveling welder could also be a good fit for recent high school graduates looking for new experiences.Traveling welders may find themselves working in various areas of welding including:
- Military support
- Overseas
- Underwater welding
- Pipelines
- Shipbuilding repair and on-ship maintenance
- Industrial shutdowns
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Is traveling welding right for you?
As a traveling welder you could have the opportunity to regularly experience interesting places and embrace new responsibilities, learning the latest welding applications and processes along the way. Having an open, positive attitude about these possibilities may mean that traveling welder is the right career choice for you; particularly if you are a recent high school graduate excited about travel and ready for a future in the welding profession.