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Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke
from a welders point of view, we get irish and korean welders that out weld australia welders in the special weld class, (pressure pipe tig). irish welders have welding school, korean welders have welding school and some type of brotherhood, what do the aussies get- some burnt out has been that can,t weld for ****. imo aussie high spec welders can,t compete with foreign welders. because our training is substandard.
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We had a TAFE teacher come into work to "instruct" couple of the apprentices last year. The apprentices were going for a higher qualification in TIG welding (forgive my description, not my area).
The instructor apparently couldn't get his head around the new(ish) Kemppi TIG that was on our site. Said something like too many buttons and sub-menus in modern welders he complained. His welding look like sh*t. The apprentice (cert III) had a go after making adjustments to the welding machine and the weld was spot on. The instructor then had a go with the exact same settings, and his welding still looked like sh*t!!
I lost a bit of faith in the TAFE system that day. How the heck is this bloke a "instructor"?? He was in his late 40's I'm guessing. Surely you would've have to competent by that age? And be up with the modern machinery? A cert III had more smarts, and more skill than the TAFE "instructor".