The welding field continues to move along a dynamic path. With advancements in technology, the rise of automation and higher quality standards, the industry needs more specialized welders — ones who understand the craft well beyond just how to hold a torch and weld.
Today’s welding operators encounter more sophisticated equipment and more stringent requirements for quality control and code compliance each day. Simply put, a welder now is required to have more knowledge and training than were required in the past in order to contribute to productivity and profits, and also to escalate his or her career path.
All areas of skilled trades continue to face a situation in which there are more available jobs than there are workers to fill them. In fact, Manpower Group’s annual Talent Shortage Survey, released in May 2015, reveals that 32 percent of US employers report difficulties filling open positions because of talent shortages. Skilled trade vacancies still hold the number one position as “hardest to fill.” And while it’s a decrease of eight percent over last year’s figure of 40 percent, talent shortages still impact business operations.
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