-: So the program that I did was called
the dual enrollment program
that's actually based here in WCTC.
I went to Waukesha North High School.
As a senior year, I came here for
about five hours the day beginning my senior year
in high school.
So in my senior year in high school,
I was only doing an hour or two hours
which is amazing because in high school,
I was making good money.
I came out out of a six month period into a job
for TIG welding here in Waukesha.
And the reason that I would suggest for anybody
to know do the hands-on work
cause a lot of people could not like it,
but just looking at it.
But there's more than just welding,
you can you can learn a lot of things in welding.
I personally learned a lot as I grew up in my career.
I've learned about just not welding,
but also look at look into prints a better way.
You work with a lot of math.
You think a lot more than you thought you would've
and it makes you feel good about yourself
at the end of the day.
The materials that you deal with and in welding,
you have mild steel, you have stainless,
and you also have aluminum.
All of those materials have been used in the welding world.
Also, you can do up to structural welding,
you can do pipe welding, you can do underwater welding,
you can do you can go to the military
and do welding also for their big vehicles that they have.
You wanna be prepared for anything.
Especially that involves with work.
In an interview, you wanna make sure that you know
what you're talking about,
ask as many questions in the interview.
You wanna show 'em that you're interested
in the job opening that you want for you to experience
with pipe, for you to experience with structural,
for you to move around and just get that feeling
of what it feels like of working in a manufacturing place.