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Tickets that raise your rate

• Extra welding qualifications

  Stainless, chrome alloy and pipe welding in the hard positions. Each one opens jobs others cannot take.

• Medical gas certification

  Required to install oxygen and other gas lines in hospitals, and a separate credential from your license.

• HVACR (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) service

  Year round work when construction slows down.

• Rigging and foreman training

  Running a crew during an outage pays a premium over tools-on wages.