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Skills that raise your rate

• Certified welder

  Tested to a code and a position. The fastest way to be worth more per hour in this trade.

• Testing and balancing

  Measuring and tuning the air in a finished building. Technical, well paid and always short of people.

• Detailing in CAD (computer-aided design)

  Turning an engineer's drawings into the exact shapes the shop will cut. An indoor branch of the trade.

• Architectural metal

  Roofs, flashings, cornices and custom panels. Closer to craft work, and visible when it is done.