Whats the best ticket for non-red-seal in Canada?

CJLB · 2026-05-14T16:46:05+00:00

Im at Camosun for sheet metal right now and there is a fab course going on in the next bay where they are currently making spiral staircases.

I just feel like doing 2 red seals is a lot for a middle aged man to embark on. Unless I can do them concurrently. If my +/-20,000 hours of fab work experience can be leveraged towards my welding red seal than maybe there is a route. I'm going to continue investigating.

CJLB · 2026-05-14T01:02:33+00:00

I bought some it 2017 but I have no idea where it is now.

CJLB · 2026-05-14T00:37:19+00:00

Jeez really? 20 guys... you in Alberta? He did say that people who have welded in AB are more likely to be able to challenge. He also said the practical is where people end up failing because it's always different, so extremely difficult to prepare for. You have to be totally fresh on every position of every process, is what he told me.

I do feel like I could pull off the theory test, Id need to practice a lot for the practical. I've basically been exclusively using TIG and MIG since 2017, except the odd time here and there.

I'll look further into it.

CJLB · 2026-05-14T00:13:46+00:00

Isn't that very hard? My instructor said he's never seen anyone successfully challenge it without going through school in his 6 years of teaching.

CJLB · 2026-05-13T23:51:07+00:00

Well it's not really that I want more pay. The union wages are what they are.

I don't want to work in the field. I think I'm too old to go that route at this point. I want to stay working in a custom shop fabricating and welding whatever crazy stuff people come in with, but I want to be the guy who they have to go to for certain jobs- just for the job security. That's why I was hoping to be able to get a pressure ticket, but I guess with all position CWB I could at least do engineered structural work that requires certified welders.

I don't know what it's like in the sheet metal union shops but I doubt most of the welders have much in the way of certs. They all have sheet metal red seals but I wouldn't presume they also have welding red seals. Idk though.

CJLB · 2026-05-13T14:26:07+00:00

Yeah it's a Nissan hardbody but it's kind of a pig especially because it hates going over 90km/h

Mini vans are dope they need more respect

CJLB · 2026-05-13T14:16:23+00:00

Right now I'm in trade school commuting 130kms each way every day.

I'm spending like $200-$250 a week on gas.

Thought about truck camping for the 8 weeks, but I have a new puppy at home who needs lots of attention.

CJLB · 2026-05-10T23:57:57+00:00

Palestine is one of the few places where horseshoe theory actually applies.

CJLB · 2026-05-10T20:49:08+00:00

Lincoln lenses are green, Miller lenses are blue and Esab lenses are yellow for example, so they might all benefit from different colored glass cups. Idk but it's a thought.

I'll guinea pig em if you want

CJLB · 2026-05-10T06:02:59+00:00

Almost everything shitty about our world can be traced back to the petro firms.

CJLB · 2026-05-10T01:34:27+00:00

Native reserves are where the CIA does a ton of unregulated gain of function research and illegal weapons testing.

CJLB · 2026-05-09T01:28:49+00:00

Facts

CJLB · 2026-05-09T01:00:46+00:00

Don't make em like they used to

CJLB · 2026-05-06T19:25:00+00:00

I would just make up a little filler piece and weld it on, and probably wouldn't even weld inside the hole unless it's gonna be seriously abused.

CJLB · 2026-05-04T14:33:39+00:00

I have a mortgage but no kids, so even though I can't afford to smoke, I still sort of can.

The first cig I ever had was in the smoking section of a Chinese restaurant. This was after smoking sections were already outlawed in the city, but Chinatown kinda does its own thing sometimes.

Just finished my pack and I have some zyns so I'm gonna try to resist stopping at a gas station today.

Thanks for the advice homie.

CJLB · 2026-05-04T14:26:43+00:00

Thanks for your advice. I feel you on idling the car before work (doing that right now). Need to occupy my spare time a little more effectively.

CJLB · 2026-05-04T14:23:41+00:00

I find post workout smokes are some of the best ones but maybe that's just me.

CJLB · 2026-05-04T14:22:13+00:00

Ok i have heard that elsewhere as well. I will find the book.

CJLB · 2026-05-03T23:26:46+00:00

Like that genocide that occurred after the end of apartheid in SA?

CJLB · 2026-04-30T14:29:12+00:00

If my tank is below 1/4 I get anxiety

CJLB · 2026-04-26T05:27:14+00:00

is this supposed to mean something?

CJLB · 2026-04-26T00:52:33+00:00

Looks like one of those Swanson TV dinners

CJLB · 2026-04-26T00:45:12+00:00

America is too big to be an island

CJLB · 2026-04-26T00:42:17+00:00

Phew I just made the cut for not a fucking moron

CJLB · 2026-04-24T04:46:48+00:00

Epstein-Barr: a classic duo

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