u/wizardofcook

Hey guys wondering how you think I would fare going from Ironwork to the IUEC, I’m a journeyman ironworker in my mid 20s been doing it right out of high school, I seen the IUEC near me has applications in december of this year and figured i’d go for it, i’m still young enough to complete another apprenticeship, I worked with a few of you guys at a airport one time and have had a interest in it since then now I may have a chance to get in, most of my ironwork career has been structural steel, oddball rigging, and industrial maintnence (composite with milwrites and boiler makers). Can weld fairly decent and interpret blueprints pretty well as well as layout, just want to know if you guys think i could be a good fit coming from a union background already just looking to switch over to something I think will be a bit more fulfilling to me.

I’m a union ironworker but have worked with a lot of you guys and was almost swayed to join when i was a apprentice, 3 or 4 years ago i remember hearing you guys talking about how work is slow and not to many opportunities, lately it seems that’s turned around and work has picked up, im wondering if im right or im just hearing one side of the story.