{"id":3778,"date":"2014-12-30T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2020-08-05T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T00:00:21","slug":"sonic-combo-welder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2014\/12\/30\/sonic-combo-welder\/","title":{"rendered":"From Sonic to Combo Welder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2014\/12\/30\/sonic-combo-welder\/noid-2014-05-03_17-31-57-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3781\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3781 \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/noid-2014-05-03_17.31.57-2.png\" alt=\"noid-2014-05-03_17.31.57-2\" width=\"354\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a>Adora Ramirez has been welding for about ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Her stepfather introduced her to welding, and started her off with a garage MIG gun. \u201cIt couldn&#8217;t weld very thick metal&#8211; it was just a home welder,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<h2>How long have you been welding, and what got you interested in welding?<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve been welding for about ten years now. I got into welding after my stepfather was in a motorcycle accident and died. He was a welder and he taught me a few tricks with the MIG gun. Well after his death I was working at Sonic and saw a 45-year-old women working as a bar hop. Things just came into perspective and I told myself that would not be me. So I quit my job that day and enrolled in college in the welding program. I picked up welding to honor my stepfather John\u2026. kinda my way of keeping him close to my heart.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>What excites you about welding?<\/h2>\n<p>Well the first thing I loved about welding was getting to play with fire. I know, not a good thing to get you excited about the craft but with welding it&#8217;s always exciting. I never know what&#8217;s going to happen. Some days I&#8217;m welding inside pipes other days up in the air in a harness sometimes operating a sub arch machine or on lazy days using the robotic welder. I never know what new thing I&#8217;m going to experience that day or what art piece I may create on my free time.<\/p>\n<h2>And what welding process(es) do you use most? \u2026 what process do you use the most or feel more familiar with?<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m a combo welder. I weld with stick, aluminum, TIG\/GTAW both regular and stainless steel, MIG\/GMAW, flux core, metal core, sub arch, and semi-automatic welding. I use most of these processes throughout the day at work depends on what they need welded.<\/p>\n<h2>How did you train?<\/h2>\n<p>Once my stepfather died I went to college and got my associate degree in welding technology and became AWS certified. I took basic and advance welding so I can pretty much weld any process but I specialize in TIG and aluminum.<\/p>\n<h2>What kind of welding jobs have you held?<\/h2>\n<p>My first welding job I was welding armored tanks, army trucks, and goose-neck trailers. My second welding job I was welding railroad cars and aluminum pipe. My third job I was welding stadiums and components for freeways and highways. My fourth welding job I was welding wire towers. My fifth job I was welding water pipes. My sixth job I was welding construction buckets and mining equipment. And now I weld fraking pumps and fraking pump trucks.<\/p>\n<h2>Have you experienced discrimination as a woman welder? if YES how have you handled it? if NO, why do you think that is?<\/h2>\n<p>Throughout out my welding life I have been discriminated put down treated as a weaker sex and yes even sexually harassed. I found it was best to show them that yes I was a women welder and yes I could weld circles around most of them. There have been times I have been pushed so far I would cry in my locker room but I always picked myself up and showed them No I will not be mistreated I will not let their words of discouragement bring me down and that I was there to stay. It usually takes time but in the end I find I gain most of the men\u2019s respect and I even have some come to me for help at times.<\/p>\n<h2>How about non-welding jobs?:<\/h2>\n<p>Non-welding jobs are not fun. I don&#8217;t think I could be the type to sit at a desk all day or be at a convenience store. Welding is too exciting I like climbing into pipes I like getting down and dirty and knowing that I am one of the strongest and best women out there to be able to keep up and do what is considered a man&#8217;s job.<\/p>\n<h2>What advice would you give your 15 year old self?<\/h2>\n<p>My advice would be to never give up and never let no man tell you what you can and can not do.<\/p>\n<h2>What advice would you give young women interested in welding as a career?<\/h2>\n<p>Go for it. Welding is a lot more fun than what it appears to be. The pay is excellent and there is high demand for welders. 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