Just finished training in Local 146 and returned from the first dispatch. Working hard 10-12 hours shift every day with some great guys doing great jobs. Work was super fun for me. Lots of interesting stuff to learn and def bunch of room for me to grow. The pay is really good as well for an apprentice (for I did not know a thing before entering this industry). However I do agree with all other boilermakers that this job ain't for everyone. You gotta be loving an extreme temperature, long shifts, chemical sludge / odor, squeezing yourself in tiny tiny spots, working on heights. I honestly think becoming a boilermaker was one of the greatest choices that I have ever made in my life. The only regret is that I did not know this trade sooner.
I just finished my WorkSmart with Local 146. I have my FAMA scheduled for Friday. How long did you have to wait to get your first dispatch? What items do you have to bring along with you?
@@majokarock3750 It really depends on the time of year, the list, your tickets.. In my case, I had completed worksmart last February, with my first slip in April.
@Quánbù -TRENDS you can get as low as 12 bucks an hour as an apprentice up to what i have seen is like 100 dollars an hour working out on the mines as a fully qualified boilermaker
Retired Boilermaker Local 169 (Detroit) here. Do I miss getting up at 4:00 am and driving an hour and a half to work? Do I miss working outside with icicles hanging off my whiskers? Do I miss welding in temps over 100-degree Fahrenheit? Do I miss welding on the shell of a blast furnace (with a charge of molten iron still in it), in February with one side roasting and the other side freezing? Do I miss all these things? No! But I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. I learned tons of skills. Worked shoulder to shoulder with others who'd give you the shirt off their backs if you needed it. Worked with some who'd chew your butt out for something, on one job, but then you might be the one chewing their butts out on the next one.
Thanks for the excellent video. Very instructive and helpful for those that have no idea what a boiler maker is or does! I learned a lot. I´m a recruiter.
@@ypimp7023 I started welding did all the training I needed and certs(college associates), got my NCCER, and other safety courses I needed to take(tons of tests and over 200+ questions, at another place)… I start Monday and don’t know much about it but Welding is a big plus. Just need to be extremely safe. Good luck if interested.
I'm a first year welder, completed my first year of in classroom instruction but no hours, wasn't able to find a job anywhere but I'm going to start my WorkSmart training with them in February. How is it?
@@shotty2164 where I am we cant just do that. I wish I could I'd love to but I have to get employed as an apprentice then I can do a course. It's stupid really idk why they cant teach the basics and fundamentals of being a good boiler maker before applying for a boiler maker job but that's how Australia works...
Absolutely it’s dangerous but if you’re not afraid of heights it can be a blast there’s nothing like taking a ride in a man basket with a crane swinging you around a couple of hundred feet in the air and the view is awesome Retired Union Boilermaker Local 107
if you work for 146 in alberta be prepared to have french and newfie foremans and management who have an inferiority complex, hardly speak english or hardly worked with tools and went straight to foreman because of mommy or daddy or another family member. rampant nepotism.
This looks like a horrible job. Nothing but loud noises, people yelling at you. Hot and cold environment, working with metal… no thanks. Now, back to video games.
That attitude is the reason we Boilermakers can almost name our rates these days. It's hard work that is rewarding on many levels, you either love it, or you're not cut out for it.
@@uncleputes It's a joke bro. I respect the job. Its freakin hard work. I go into boiler rooms all the time with my job. I see the pipe work and I'm blown away, really. I have a simple low pressure boiler license. That being said, I couldn't tell you how to build one.
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Just finished training in Local 146 and returned from the first dispatch. Working hard 10-12 hours shift every day with some great guys doing great jobs. Work was super fun for me. Lots of interesting stuff to learn and def bunch of room for me to grow. The pay is really good as well for an apprentice (for I did not know a thing before entering this industry). However I do agree with all other boilermakers that this job ain't for everyone. You gotta be loving an extreme temperature, long shifts, chemical sludge / odor, squeezing yourself in tiny tiny spots, working on heights. I honestly think becoming a boilermaker was one of the greatest choices that I have ever made in my life. The only regret is that I did not know this trade sooner.
I just finished my WorkSmart with Local 146. I have my FAMA scheduled for Friday. How long did you have to wait to get your first dispatch? What items do you have to bring along with you?
@@majokarock3750 It really depends on the time of year, the list, your tickets.. In my case, I had completed worksmart last February, with my first slip in April.
Can you speak to the wage earnings of an apprentice?
Starting a entry level position Monday at a boiler manufacturing company, I know nothing but am excited
Same…I start Monday. Good luck and be safe.
How did it go
@Quánbù -TRENDS you can get as low as 12 bucks an hour as an apprentice up to what i have seen is like 100 dollars an hour working out on the mines as a fully qualified boilermaker
@@heriver6024$12 wth that's nothing. My nephew makes $15 at McDonald's starting pay no experience and he goes to highschool as well. Why so little?
@@jesusdelgado3959 as a first year apprentice who just started
This is the nice pretty side of boiler making
What is the dark one, that basically what I'm gonna do the next year
@@pasunpigeon3001 Make sure you have a large suitcase
@@mckessa17 explain?
@@bicmitchum1368 Explain? You must not know what a boilermaker does.
@@mckessa17 I'm asking bro what's the bad side
Retired Boilermaker Local 28 New Jersey. Do I miss working, hell no.
I just started my apprenticeship with local 28 I’ll be starting on my first job this week
@@joeyptspyou like it so far?
@@jeffmartin1767 yea I enjoy the work
Retired Boilermaker Local 169 (Detroit) here. Do I miss getting up at 4:00 am and driving an hour and a half to work? Do I miss working outside with icicles hanging off my whiskers? Do I miss welding in temps over 100-degree Fahrenheit? Do I miss welding on the shell of a blast furnace (with a charge of molten iron still in it), in February with one side roasting and the other side freezing? Do I miss all these things? No! But I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. I learned tons of skills. Worked shoulder to shoulder with others who'd give you the shirt off their backs if you needed it. Worked with some who'd chew your butt out for something, on one job, but then you might be the one chewing their butts out on the next one.
@@richardkawucha1232 I get it, I always worked nights and I loved my job till the day I didn't which was Oct 2015.
Thanks for the excellent video.
Very instructive and helpful for those that have no idea what a boiler maker is or does!
I learned a lot.
I´m a recruiter.
Where can we gain experience?!? Thanks for response
Do you recruit apprentice's?
Head like a cocktail shaker
Living in a house like an old bodega
Got the odds looking in my favour
Staring at the bottom of a boilermaker
So keep your feet on the ground
And listen to the sound
Of a real money maker
Royal Blood
wow i salute this lady doing the job of a grown man
the unions paying my tuition back, cause there’s so much work in bc and they don’t have enough guys
What union do u have to go to school first before joining ?
@@ypimp7023 I started welding did all the training I needed and certs(college associates), got my NCCER, and other safety courses I needed to take(tons of tests and over 200+ questions, at another place)…
I start Monday and don’t know much about it but Welding is a big plus.
Just need to be extremely safe.
Good luck if interested.
Have you heard the rock song named "Boilermaker" that was released the same year this video was uploaded?? Pretty dope!
3:10 I tend to take my gloves off when I layout
So how do I get the apprenticeship for boilermaker
Idk where you live but in Alberta Canada the best way is to go through the brotherhood, join an ARIS seminar
I'm a B-pressure welder for Lodge 146 .
I'm a first year welder, completed my first year of in classroom instruction but no hours, wasn't able to find a job anywhere but I'm going to start my WorkSmart training with them in February. How is it?
Well this ain’t the job for me
Boy this is the nice clean side of boilermaking. 😂😂 step in a burner, refinery or steel mill…..#Local60
how long has this been but going on
I got the shutdown blues.
Did anyone know the alberta agency for Australia welder fabricator?
How do I become a boiler maker?
Go to boiler maker school
@@shotty2164 where I am we cant just do that. I wish I could I'd love to but I have to get employed as an apprentice then I can do a course. It's stupid really idk why they cant teach the basics and fundamentals of being a good boiler maker before applying for a boiler maker job but that's how Australia works...
Didn’t know Machine Gun Kelly was a foreman 😆
How to apply without a contact to get u in?
Go to your local lodge in your province
Very interesting....that my career for now
I want to study boiler maker also
I'm a tube welder
🤣 I have to deside what to study for im so nervous
❤ ❤
13 Philadelphia
From what I’ve seen most of the time there’s a woman on the job, she’s one of the best welders there
simp
I like to become a boiler maker,
me too.love it❤
do you really have to be 200ft in the air... Looks dangerous.
Yes. And sometimes higher.
Source-Me, former scaffold builder that erected scaffolds for boilermakers/welders
Absolutely it’s dangerous but if you’re not afraid of heights it can be a blast there’s nothing like taking a ride in a man basket with a crane swinging you around a couple of hundred feet in the air and the view is awesome Retired Union Boilermaker Local 107
Brother we’re upwards of 500 feet on some of these smoke stacks at some power plants. Gavin is 1300 and zimmers is the same but they’re closing
They have safety harnesses.
@@mattharper588 actually thinking about joining up with the 107
if you work for 146 in alberta be prepared to have french and newfie foremans and management who have an inferiority complex, hardly speak english or hardly worked with tools and went straight to foreman because of mommy or daddy or another family member. rampant nepotism.
Bren? 🤣🤣 she knows damn well that’s not her real name lol
This video could do with out all the corny jokes
Do you accept/sponsor foreign applicants?
Seems like a cool chick.. I’d love to see her cussing 😂
Looks to sweaty for me lol
This video would have been much better without the intro/outro
This looks like a horrible job. Nothing but loud noises, people yelling at you. Hot and cold environment, working with metal… no thanks. Now, back to video games.
That attitude is the reason we Boilermakers can almost name our rates these days. It's hard work that is rewarding on many levels, you either love it, or you're not cut out for it.
@@uncleputes It's a joke bro. I respect the job. Its freakin hard work. I go into boiler rooms all the time with my job. I see the pipe work and I'm blown away, really. I have a simple low pressure boiler license. That being said, I couldn't tell you how to build one.
It is..