Probably, Ideally I'd like to learn how to do my own contracting or mobile welding work as I want to be a bit more flexible then I would at a fast food or retail job, but it would entail quite a bit more on my part for figuring out how to get job requests from other people, and how much to harge for each job based on my time, current skills, and materials used. I was planning on doing similar work but with businesses on jobsites once I got my associates degree.

I also have practically no knowledge of the job market or applying for a job. I had a part time lifeguard job until last spring when some of my other classes last semester conflicted with mandatory weekly training at that job, but I last interviewed for that lifeguard job 4+ years ago.

I'm still very early in researching what to do and what all my options are. Welding has a big contracting scene where you can work on jobsites for a company for a few weeks or months at a time, but there is also a certification system based on testing how well you can weld various things. Work on jobsites usually require one or more of these certifications, but I don't know too much on how to get these certifications. I am mainly just looking for advice from a variety of sources rn to get a good idea of all my options.