Is under water welding a specialty in The Netherlands?
I want to move to The Netherlands and I understand that it is very difficult to do so. I can not blame them for this as it helps to keep their economy strong. I know that if I have a skill in a lucrative position it will help me get a work visa there and I want to know if any kind of welding is a specialty over there as I'm a 2nd semester welding student.
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Shaggy dude! You're starting to ask extremely specific questions now that I doubt anyone here could give you a decent answer to... But I googled a bit for you and here's what I found; http://www.walsdiving.nl/index.php?lang=en a Dutch welding firm that specialises in underwater welding. Their site is in English and they have a contact form so you can ask them your questions in English if you like. http://www.nederland-web.nl/r/Lasbedrijven/ is a list of 834 other Dutch welding firms. I didn't look at any of their pages though... http://www.duikforum.nl/opleidingen/20476-beroepsduiker-onderwaterlassen.html is a forum for divers where someone else asked a question about underwater welding. Since most Dutch people speak English I'm sure that if you put a question on the forum in English they'd be glad to answer it for you (in English). Just explain that you're an American welding student who'd like to live in the Netherlands. Of course you can use one of the many online translation tools to get an idea of what's being said in Dutch and if you have any other questions just let us know here and we'll try to help you out. I hope this helps... Good luck! oh, and bedrijf=company las=weld lassen=welding snij=cut en=and so, a "las en snijbedrijf" is a welding and cutting company... -----edit---- Lo, ok, I know as little about diving as I do about welding, but I started reading this page on the divers forum http://www.duikforum.nl/opleidingen/4824-onderwaterlasser.html and they're telling this guy who asked the question that it's a forum for amateur divers and not for pro's but they're still giving him lots of info... they're saying that apparently there's no Dutch course for underwater welders so if he wants to study that he'll have to go to the UK or the States to be trained... Which I guess is good news for you... They give a bunch of adresses of courses in the UK and the USA and apparently one of the forum members is a retired underwater welder... I strongly suggest you become a member of that forum and introduce yourself there and ask them for advice... ----2nd edit---- Just found you a Dutch forum for professional divers... http://www.beroepsduiker.nl/index_eng.html and it's even bi-lingual Dutch/English! :-) hmmm their forum seems to be out of order though.... Here's the site (also bilingual) of the Dutch professional divers association... They also have a forum but it seems to only allow association members to post there.... http://www.nederlandseverenigingvanberoepsduikers.nl/frameset.html lol, well, I guess this will give you something to do over the weekend huh? ;-) ______________________________________________ Two more things... You're already a diver, right? Because I think it's harder to become a certified diver than to become a certified welder... I could be wrong though... Second... Dutch socialism could very well be a thing of the past... The country is becoming more and more right wing every new election...
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