empera;1244255 said:
i will hafta disagree with somethings but not all. If you get certified you will earn more money and it'll be easier to get a decent job.
Maybe as a doctor, or a nurse, or even a mechanic but not in machining...no shop ever asked me for certifications or if I have a degree...all they ask is can you do the job...you get paid what you are worth and if you are not worth what your degree says you're worth you get fired! I've seen so many people fresh out of school who have no clue and they get fired in the first couple months...they days of senior tool maker cert are over....now it's if you do the job you get paid, if you scrap parts and simply suck you're fired!
I've worked in many shops and the only test I ever had to take was "can you read a mic?"...
Also I've only been turned down from 1 shop cause I didn't have a highschool diploma from the 7 I've worked at...also happens that it was a woman who was in charge of hiring...she never ran a machine in her life...only company ever to turn me down cause I didn't have a piece of paper...
School helps sure!!! But it's a major waste of money in the machining
industry as most shops want to teach you how "they" do things as every shop is diff.
Everyone I know never went to school or whatever...they all started from the bottom and worked there way up.
I'd like to hear from an actual machinist on here becides me..