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I once worked with a guy who had his nuclear ticket, on a team of welders working on high pressure steam and pressure vessels. Even many of the steam welds had
by gumby 3y ago
I once worked with a guy who had his nuclear ticket, on a team of welders working on high pressure steam and pressure vessels. Even many of the steam welds had to be x-rayed and he said the nuclear process was more intense, not just testing but technology and performance.
- solardev 3y agoWhat's a "nuclear ticket"?
- gumby 3y agoMeans he had a certificate that showed he was considered (by the US navy in this case) competent in making welds suitable for building or repairing a nuclear reactor or related devices. We didn't need that, of course, but because high pressure steam is so dangerous we used only union welders who were rated master and who already had experience in steam plumbing. I don't remember if there was a special ticket for that, but everybody we hired was interviewed and had to do some welding as a part of it (the equivalent of a leetcode test on the whiteboard I suppose). If it isn't obvious: I was not qualified to usefully interview any of them. These guys were great to hang around with. go have a beer, horse around, etc with but wow, when they were on the clock all of them (machinists, etc too) were deadly serious. No fucking around.
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- lukan 3y ago"when they were on the clock all of them (machinists, etc too) were deadly serious. No fucking around." Sounds like true professionals. There is no fucking around with serious work, when real lifes depend on it. I wish, more people had that attitude, then there would be less mess everywhere.
- Baeocystin 3y agoI used to work at a shipyard as a welder. The zero-bullshit professionalism when it was go time was genuinely satisfying to be working in: there was no way someone could fake their skill- literally everyone I worked with was competent. If it weren't for the literal toxic working environment, I'd be tempted to quit tech and return!
- saltcured 3y agoHah, an old family friend related a welding interview story on the other end of the spectrum. He had been working as a machinist and welder for BART, on a mixture of road and rail car maintenance as well as other fixed infrastructure work. He interviewed for a job at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, but was intimidated when they asked him to "weld some gold tissue paper".
- saintfire 3y agoI'm not in this field, but in trades tickets are technical certifications (e.g. journeyman ticket, fall arrest ticket) Presumably its a certification to weld on or around nuclear equipment.
- araes 3y agoIn America, they're all based on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC). It covers all the different types of nuclear certifications for organizations, because normal welding certs don't cover the nuclear industry. The "nuclear ticket" for most is probably: > NPT - Fabrication of parts, appurtenances, welded tubular products and piping subassemblies From ToughNickel [2]: > BPVC Section IX outlines the brazing and welding qualification procedures for nuclear pressure vessels. Section IX also gives the welding and brazing qualifications required to work on equipment for use around nuclear reactors. Welders must be qualified per the procedures listed in paragraph NCA-5250. Also, appurtenances up above, not actually a typo. [1] https://www.asme.org/getmedia/eaacef3f-e8b5-44a4-b0c6-451e1ecb4499/nuc-gui-09-nuclear-cert-handbook.pdf https://www.asme.org/getmedia/eaacef3f-e8b5-44a4-b0c6-451e1e... [2] https://toughnickel.com/business/Nuclear-Welding-Certification https://toughnickel.com/business/Nuclear-Welding-Certificati...