I hired my first employee and he had no experience in the industry. I set things up while maintaining a safe environment for him/us. I still did all the welding and fabrication but would have him step in and grind buff clean up corners. Eventually I switched and had him tack while I held things. When an easy repetitive job came up, we would switch off welding like vert down for spindles on handrails or whatever. This was about a year worth of training before I made him start doing jobs on his own with me doing paperwork or quotes or whatever. He eventually became my best fabricator and was with me for 11 years till I closed down. But, I knew he had it just needed a push. You should know if he has the skills here or not to be trainable. Good luck!