I hope your eyes last longer then the old welders I know.With the baby boomers retiring it's created a shortage of skilled workers in many fields. It's estimated that there is a shortage of over 200,000 weldors nationwide, the field I am in.
Cousin is a machinist and the shop where he works can't find anyone who wants to work. Both he and the owner are facing retirement, but the owner is going to have to shut the shop down despite being so busy they can't keep up with the current demand.
If one uses the proper eye protection while welding (hood with the proper filter lens) and safety glasses while around welding their eyes shouldn't be any worse than others. Age has been harder on my eyes than welding.I hope your eyes last longer then the old welders I know.
Look at what much of today's schools are teaching and it's not that amazing. Gender studies is not entry level to craftsmanship.That's amazing.
Short by one, anyhow.So let me try to understand this thread, down one trucker due to him watching porn has created a trucker shortage?
Both the welders I know (old guys) have Macular degeneration & going blind. The montly shot into the eye ball freaks me out.If one uses the proper eye protection while welding (hood with the proper filter lens) and safety glasses while around welding their eyes shouldn't be any worse than others. Age has been harder on my eyes than welding.
I'm sure you and they will attribute that to welding, but doctors haven't found a significant rise in eye damage due to welding.Both the welders I know (old guys) have Macular degeneration & going blind. The montly shot into the eye ball freaks me out.
So the shortage of skilled labor is due to:
Ludicrous/Absurdist/ over emphasis of self esteem / helicopter parental garbage of millens?
Legalized dope?
No taste for sweaty work?
Unrealistic expectations entering the work force?
Letting adult kids live at home into perpetuity?
What's your take?
Macular degeneration is mainly attributed to age.