lose faith if you really want it youll get it. Nick Doucette in Nipawin, Saskatchewan said: I've been welding for 10 years now , I worked a a few different company's I've got my pre-employment certificate and I've been with the same company for going on 8 years and getting absolutely no where. I'm a single dad raising my 8 year old daughter and I can barely make ends meet I want to get My B-pressure and My interprovicial journeyman ticket I know that there is so much more out there for me . and being able to pay for my schooling or going to get my B pressure is out of the question I can weld blind folded I feel like I'm stuck in a rut . I'm definately not getting paid enough for my experience and knowledge of welding I should not be living like this . any suggestions on how to get out . Thanx Just to let you know, if you don't already, when I challenged my IP exam(red seal), the written part cost $460 I believe, and the practical was $160 I think. I was in the same boat as you and now I also am B pressure certified. Let me know if you have any other questions. jweld97@hotmail.com thank all for your comment ,,welder in Kitchener, Ontario I would like the Quebec changed but I can nothing there but however it accepts them nobody else nation to work being surprising that he does not