Welding Safety: How Training Impacts the Safety of the Workplace | Chief MAKOi
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2024
- Welding Simulators, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality. They are just the new tools used in training our future workforce.
The Day of the Seafarer is celebrated every 25th of June. This year's theme is #SafetyTipsAtSea. In line with that, I have collaborated with Unitor to produce this episode which is all about Hot Work Safety.
Chief MAKOi
Seaman Vlog
![เปิดบ้านสุดหรู "เเจ็ค the ghost" ลั่นถ้าป๋องกพลลำบากผมเลี้ยงเอง!! l [Nickynachat]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1xbW4vULqGc/mqdefault.jpg)
This is how good partnerships and sponsorships are done in TH-cam. Everyone wins.
Chief - great video; especially the welding simulator as I have never seen one of those in action. A lot better method of instruction than the way I learned 60 years ago. Large companies and the military (at least in my experience) usually have the proper focus on training and a proper safety culture. But even then problems can arise. I remember one time a plumbing contractor had to do some overhead work on a weekend. Proper hot work preparation, permit, etc. Still did not stop the knuckle head they had doing the work from dropping an acetylene B tank from 30 feet up, going through the ceiling of the manager's office and hitting the middle of the desk. Fortunately nobody in the danger zone and the tank did not lose the valve fitting. Nobody got hurt. Keep up the good work.
That welding trainer is FREAKIN' AWESOME !!!!
When I reported to my first Navy ship, it was in Dry Dock and My daily watch station was manning a 15lb CO2, wearing real dark goggles, as a fire watch. (they were welding 3" amour plate)
🧜♂🧜♂Thank you very much for sharing another great video take care
Great video Chief Not enough industries around the world take hot work as seriously as the maritime sector
And here I am sitting with a washcloth over my eyes this weekend because of flashburn!
(Batteries in the brain box died, and it stopped dimming)
use cold wet tea bags. Works wonders, plus you get to drink a nice cup of tea.
Excellent Chief Makoi. Safety first emergency training conditioned immediate mussel memory response!!!
Glad to see that the cadets get a chance to practice welding without the sparks and other heat related issues that go with welding. Back in the day you had no choice but to use the welder and rods to practice with. I remember flashing my eyes which took me a few days to get over just by being around other people that were doing welding. Do your homework and make sure to keep your eyes safe. Another great video and thank you Chief Makoi for making it.
Safety starts in school, absolutely. I was a welding apprentice in the Boilermakers Union at 17 and after immigration switched to Sheet Metal Workers Union. Welded for 40 years and taught in later years night class. All our construction projects had safety officers who issued hot work permits. In all my years I never saw a problem on any of our sites.
That's pretty slick. Safety IS everyone's business. Thanks for the upload.
We took the extreme measure of giving our on-scene safety officer the power to shut down any and all fire ground operations if human life was endangered. Your people come first.
I wouldn't call stopping work if someone's in danger, an "extreme measure".
I'm shocked they didn't feel they could do that before: doesn't everyone have an obligation to stop in those circumstances?
Happy Seafarers Day, Chief!
Thanks for all you do.
Uncareful welders start brush fires every year. I can only imagine the safety concerns to prevent one on a vessel.
I did some of this 45 years ago in high school, brings back memories. Except for the simulator, obviously didn't have one of those. I never could have imagined simulating something like this.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
👍👍👏👏
As mentioned I'm back. Chief I can't believe the similailarities in our trades. I'm on the truck side at a concrete plant I watch some of the plant guys going in silos tunnels ect and think nah I'm good. As for hot work we have a form as well. Any time I'm cutting or welding I usually have the choice to do it outside to reduce the risk. I'm terrified of fire. I think maybe in a past life I had something happen. I guess it would be too much for you guys to take a bulkhead outside to work on. In saying that do you have to still fill out the permit outside on the deck?. Anyway ty for my Saturday morning Chief fix. I'm actually working today so I best get to it. Have a great week and see on the next. Let us know next time you are going to do a crew lunch. 👍🇨🇦🔧
Valuable both inside and outside the yard aboard ship. Most common cause of fires aboard ship. A tip of the hat from a retired CPO USN.
Best wishes to all on the Day of the Seafarer. This video reminded me that, back in the 1970s, I was secretary to Bechtel Corporation's chief metallurgical engineer, William Smith, Sr. He would have loved these welding simulators. Thanks for the memories from Liz and Ginger (pic left) in Australia.
We know in the US Navy. We fight as we are trained. This is why we train repeatedly to perfection; then we train more. Salamat po Chief Makoi.
ditto, salamat po
We learned, welding,wood shop,auto shop, and Animal production and horticulture at Calaveras high-school in San Andreas, California. Thank you to all the participants and stay safe my friends 🙏.
Nice to know some school districts are still dedicated to educate our teenagers for career life long success. Blessings to you always
Great video brother from the imperial county California 👍🇺🇲
What an awesome welding simulator. Wish we had those in school. I remember my first attempts to try MIG welding in a school auto club, & the bead kept getting the nozzle tip stuck to the plate. This often caused a big birds-nest traffic jam backing up onto the spool which was still trying to feed material into the now-clogged nozzle. Then we would have to pause everything else to get the jam untangled.
I’m also not sure if the welding mask was having issues because it seemed like I could not see the slightest hint of anything besides the arc, so it was hard to even tell the height of the nozzle above the plate. If I remember correctly, the auto-darkening wasn’t really working (it was dark even before striking the arc), so you were basically starting blind.
Needless to say, I did not get much out of that first experience. Still not sure if it was due to shoddy equipment or just the alien nature of welding.
Some MIG welding outfits are of poor quality and are very prone to sticking and tangling. Also some goggles have the problems you describe. I rather like oxy-acetylene welding equipment for anything for which it is suitable, but many people now regard it as obsolete. It gives you separate control of the heat and the filler metal, and it does not produce the extremely bright light that electric arc welding does so for oxy-acetylene the goggles allow you to see clearly what you are about to do and what you are doing.
Important stuff whether shipboard or in the woods. It's so easy to start a fire. As a welder nearly 50 years now. I can smell a burning rag or piece fo paper instantly and know something is amiss. I do like working with a fire watch it takes some stress off you and allows you to concentrate on your work and not worry about starting a fire you cannot get out. cheers
Great vlog as always Chief! All I know is that Unitor and Wilhelmsen are Norwegian companies. Lol! Keep the good work. Be safe!
Thanks, chief.
PMMA sounds like a top notch school with a military aspect.
Great tutorial Chief! Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for the upload Chief
Thank you sir!❤
Thank you for another great video. Cheers
As a entry level trained welder in stick, fluxcore from high school metal shop and some college. Not hurd of that brand over here in the US. Realy like learning diffrent ways trades, and brands are done in other countrys. Great video showing how its tought over there. And yep I learned the hard way too Chief, we had no teck like that back in my time too. Great video on saftey
Well done. I wish everyone was this safety aware. 🇺🇸
Great video !
I was fortunate to have welding skill right away. It simply came easy to me.
I hate to confess, it's somewhat comical to see others initially struggle.
Yes, remember the SS Normandie !
Thanks for sharing. That’s so cool the computer welding practice. I love welding as my hobby. But do get burnt. For sure.
Great report, thanks.
Great entertainment Chief and a fantastic explanation. That welding simulator is brilliant.
Thank you for the trip every voyage is entrusting.
Thank you Chief. Keep them comming.
chief what funny stories did you experience when working on ships ? one i got when i started working on new factory three 440v fuses were tapscrewed in place with selftapping screws by someone becouse they were overloaded and tripped whenever someone started some large electrical motors, not ship just offshore rig. maintance team spent 2 weeks on rerouting to get it on order and fuses behaving like fuses. Edit: it was natural gas and crude oil separation plant in north sea
Great instruction vid
Great as usual! 👍 I'm a former merchant mariner on smaller offshore supply vessels on the Gulf of Mexico and always find your videos informative and entertaining. Not a big fan of the AI generated images in the last video tho.
Another great video Chief! Love how you explain things, and always interesting!
Chief thank you always enjoy your hard work video. Back in my days in late 60s and early 70s we didn’t had these kind of luxury. Life have got lot better.
Same here. Agree
Agree
A hot work permit... I just had a flashback to doing commercial plumbing years ago.
I was starting to get concerned. But low and behold here she be 👍👍👍👍 Tty again in or around 13mins 👍🇨🇦
Sir can you comment on this, thanks:
Kongsberg Maritime has received Approval in Principle from DNV to transfer the Chief Engineer role from ship to a shore-based control center. This allows the Chief Engineer to remotely monitor and control systems including the Power Management System, ballast water system and deck machinery from a desk. The trial will involve managing three vessels, including the fully electric Yara Birkeland. This innovation aims to address the seafarer shortage and enhance vessel operation efficiency and safety.
That simulator is interesting.
I think that it was Unitor (or whatever name they had/used in the past) that was publishing a book called something like Welders Handbook, a gold mine of info on working with metal, welding, cutting, drilling, and safety, 800+ pages I think, wounder if they still publish this book ?
So much different to my time half a century ago.
That was awesome, Chief! I wonder if it's possible to rent a simulator like that. Having last welded more than 15 years ago, would be cool to see if I still could. 👍
I’ve never seen a welding simulator before but interesting.🤔
A welding simulator? That's pretty awesome! Now, will someone make it into a video game? 🤔
I inquired about the price, one unit of this simulator costs around USD 15,000. 😄
I was in my flat one day and I heard an explosion. I looked out and saw a car on fire.a chat pad in welding something on the outside of the car and something on the inside of the car had overheated and burst into flames.the car was close to the house.the house caught fire as well.all I could do was redirect the traffic because of the risk of a gas explosion.
I have used both a lincoln and miller virtual trainer. I didnt find much use for them. Machine would beep and tell you you were doing something wrong but trying to figure out what direction they thought you hand needed to be adjusted in order to make a better weld forced you to focus on your hand rather than the weld and you really couldn't gain much from it. I had experience welding already so maybe that's why it was frustrating. Some other people that didn't have experience seemed to value using it prior to hot work. Generally I think its pretty limited in how much use you get from it.
yea, was thinking the same thought as learned to weld in high school and some in college too back in the 80's and 90's never welded on a simulater eather and not sure I would like too or want too.
@@marlawhite3682 I think for someone who had never welded at all there is some value to it for maybe an hour or two but if you have any real experience they are wasteful. They are also extremely expensive so I think that money could be better used in other weeks shop equipment.
👍👍👍
A very good lesson, Chief. The safety tips presented can, and should, translate to every hot work situation, be it work or home.
Ok, home may not need the paperwork, but pre-work evaluation, proper PPE, and general safety concerns & precautions will serve a user well.
As mentioned by others, I'd never seen a welding simulator - fascinating!!
Lastly, even though the first "live" weld bead will more than likely look terrible, there's nothing quite like striking that first arc, and laying down that first bead.
Again, thank you for another great video!!
Great video. Do any of the crew get formal certifications for welding? I had several certifications before retirement. 26 separate certification tests at one company.
Hey chief , I'm the shampoo guy, how may towels do you take on contract? Love your videos
Is the hot work training mostly provided to enineering cadets, or do deck cadets get it, too?
After all this safety training do you scare them straight by showing them some ship breaking yard videos.
You gotta move the welding rod. It's called "Weaving."
You weave the bead, not just drag the rod along the material to be welded.
Even MIG welding would require that you weave the bead.
They make a 'splatter spray,' to prep the work with, before you weld, so that the splatter won't stick to the material.
I learned about welding back in the 70s. I even got a state certification for welding.
Everything has gone from 'arc welding,' to MIG welding.
I always enjoyed arc welding the most. But the industry demands MIG. Can't really tell you why.
I bet weaving is easier in rough seas lol! I too used to love arc welding, but it is tough on thinner metal, but on the thicker stuff it's a blast!!
8.1 earthquakes are even more challenging for Welding 😮, "quite shaking the table" 😅😅!!!
AA+ on your weld son😂...
What (if anything) does the school do to prepare cadets for welding aboard a moving ship, like that time you had to repair the broken staircases on a bulk carrier after leaving port?
my apologies. that should have read, "a chap had been welding..."
I notice women attending the PMMA but I haven’t seen any female seafarers. Are there female seafarers in the system or do they attend the academy to learn other skills related to seafaring. Cheers from 🇨🇦
I thought I saw a woman student in this video at 3:07.
They accepted female cadets several years now
Chief Makoi, how ofter do cadets weld onboard training?
Do merchant marine’s learn to handle fire arms?
In our school, yes. As government scholars, we are required to be commissioned in the Navy Reserves.
@@ChiefMAKOi %100
Is this training for all cadets so everyone has this training for a just in case scenerio or is this training just for those becoming engineers?
Engineering cadets.
While I think the welding simulator is helpful, it doesn't really help with stick welding because the stick gets shorter and shorter, and you have to learn how to tie in between two sticks.
I doubt it would make much difference, the fact the stick is getting shorter makes it easier to control and if you can make a nice bead while controlling a one foot rod on a simulator am sure you will have no problem in real life.
@@garlicandchilipreppers8533 I think the challenge is maintaining a good arc length as the stick gets shorter while maintaining good position, so actual training is still necessary. There's a reason people get paid big bucks for welding structurally critical stuff.
It looked like the simulator had a motor to shorten the working end while you go. There was only one shot that showed it "shorter" so I may be wrong.
I aggree with that too!! As knowing welding from high school shop and some college.
How to ground equipment if you are at sea 🌊?
Maybe the ship have a metal hull you could use as ground, just thinking.
Hi
I wander how many welders noticed a really minor mistake, when the trainee lit his cutting torch he was using a lighter designed for a propane torch as the lighter for acetylene has an open striker and for propane it sits in a cup this is because propane is heavier than air and acetylene is lighter still they both work and it matters not a jot in my book
Great vid
Fallout fan?
You forgot one of the most important tips of maritime safety.. Not to sail into war zones
Great video, but I want to ask why the cadets stand around like stiff stone stautes at attention, afraid to smile or act like normal relaxed humans? It's a lesson, not a drill. Yes, I know, the academy is strict and is also a military institution, but still, even accounting for cultural differences, it still looks kind of silly, at least for a Westerner. Can they even concentrate on the instructor when they're worried about standing absolutely still and emotionless?
It's probably this socalled music in this video that makes them act that way.
Maritime safety tip #1: stay away from the Houthi!
Hi Chief. Do you know how to weld yourself?
1:19 Almost the entire video is about the training school he attended.