Its hard for many individuals to implement welding changes unless that person can actually demonstrate that the changes are beneficial, and of course they must also be able to convince the weld shop majority that the changes are necessary. Sometimes it takes an outsider like myself to be the catalyst you require for the necessary weld shop changes. With a short term contract, I have the unique management skills necessary to completely reorganize your welding department to be more cost efficient and produce superior ,consistent weld quality. In contrast to many manager I also have the practical weld skills to produce any optimum welds from a high speed, production robot MIG welds to a vertical up flux cored or TIG pipe line welds.
Credibility is an important management trait for any welding shop.
Credibility from the workforce speeds up the implementation of change. My ability to cut through the myths and sales influenced weld data is again important for the implementation of the most cost effective ways to weld. It takes years for weld shop culture, and bad weld habits and practices to develop, however in a matter of days or weeks I can get your manual or robot welding department to its highest production and quality potential. For decades the welding industry has relied on the companies that make welding equipment and consumables to provide practical MIG welding process and application advice. Lincoln Miller, Hobart and ESAB have had fifty years to educate MIG users on how to control a process that has two simple weld controls.