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Learning Challenging New Skills

 

            Starting and learning a new skill can be an overwhelming experience. One of the most challenging skills I ever had to learn was to weld. I was always fascinated by how a welder showed supreme skill in handling the welding torch and with welding metal together. While I was nervous about being burnt by the sparks and my eyes being flash burnt by the welding arc, I decided that welding would be an important skill I could benefit from learning. I also believed it would be an excellent way to challenge my mind and make me more successful in the company. One thing I didn't realize was how welding would help to make me a more valuable, knowledgeable, and patient employee.
             I had been working at Worthington Cylinders, a propane tank manufacturing company in Ohio, for about six months as a test chamber technician. It was an entry level position that required no skill just physical endurance and the ability to spot a leak. One day my supervisor came over to me and asked, "What do you think about welding?"." I answered, "I think it's about time I learned how to do it."" He smiled and replied, "I agree." ".
             My first day of training didn't help to change my feeling of anxiousness. First I had to get all of my welding supplies from the stockroom: welding gloves, welding sleeves, welding jacket, contact tubes, and last but not least my welding helmet. Afterwards, I stood anxiously next my supervisor's office waiting for my next instructions. Soon after, my supervisor came out and introduced me to my trainer, Jason, then wished me luck. Jason shook my hand and instructed me to read these papers called the S.O.P. (standard operating procedures) for welding foot rings onto the bottom half of a tank or cylinder. .
             After reading the S.O.P., I followed Jason towards a set of stairs that lead over and through the main production welding line. Between the sparks flying, the bright ultra violet lights from the arc glaring, and the workers lifting their welding shields to see who the new guy was, I began to get even more anxious to get started.


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