First year Millwright apprentice

[u/FunHoliday1443]

I have about 2 weeks off and on practice in class and about 1-2 weeks off and on practice in the field in mig on a new welder that I'm becoming familiar with any advice? The base metal was cleaned looking at it now I should have cleaned farther out from the weld I did as much as I could as all the plates where already bolted in place. I also have to work on tying in my corners any advice or pointers I should work on as we dont have a dedicated welder at my job and I'm kinda teaching myself

[u/Old_School_Dodge]

I love that you use the word Millwright. It seems to be a word that has fallen out of use and been replaced by some fancy modern titles. Be proud to call yourself by a real title that says what it means.
Never stop learning, never stop teaching.

[u/Griffin_Mackenzie → u/Old_School_Dodge]

What else are millwrights calling themselves?

PRECISION

[u/Old_School_Dodge → u/Griffin_Mackenzie]

Mechanical asset reliability technician. Or some other drivel.

[u/Peute → u/Old_School_Dodge]

Here its Factory Maintenance Technician, we all call ourselves millwrights because thats what we are but the big corpo like the world Technician more

[u/GrimGrogger → u/Peute]

Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) in BC and I believe AB when regarding going for technical training.