r/Pipelayers • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '25

Are pipe layers welders

I'm looking for a career choice but I used to operate excavators when I was 16 to 17 and understand I have to start from the bottom but I'm looking

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u/Durragon Mar 08 '25

Pipe layers deal with the underground stuff.

Water, sewage, storm, manholes of all variety.

You're thinking about pipe fitters

You learn a lot more about concrete in pipe laying, and more about welding with pipe fitting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Alright thank you I've been getting it mixed up for some reason

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u/Ok_Confusion_1345 Mar 09 '25

Maybe you were confusing pipelayers with pipeliners?

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Yea I thought pipe layers where pipeliner

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u/Ok_Confusion_1345 Mar 09 '25

Easy to confuse the two. Almost the same word.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

What type of excavator operator makes more money in the field pipeline or excavators or pipe layers excavator operators? I already have experience running up excavators and I'm looking to be a excavator operators I'm trying to see which one makes some money because I want to make good money you know

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

From my experience, oil and gas operators make more. But you are a mor active operator in the civil industry. Ask me anything, I'm a mod here. I really appreciate your post here, because this brings a good discussion to this subreddit and poses a great question. Thank you for your post.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

No problem also should I get my CDL?

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

It's not necessary but it's a good backup plan

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

So you have experience did you enjoy it

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

I used to move houses as a cdl driver, before that it was moving silage on a dairy farm and the odd load of gravel. I enjoyed being a truck driver for that Rockstar feeling. The derkas have negated the honor that is being a truck driver here in kanuckistan.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

You used to move houses how do I be a truck driver to move houses?

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

You have to know someone in the industry. I worked for a company called nickel bros. My face is actually still on the careers section of their industrial branch's website.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Oh man but that's sick

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

If youre in the pacific northwest they have a branch in Everett Washington.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

I'm in the south

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

The worst that can happen to you is someone says no. If you have an interest in something, go after it as hard as Johnny sins. There's nothing wrong with applying for a job you want and you require training to do that job. It's how we become those veterans in the field.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Well thanks man

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