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TW: What is your best piece of advice for young
TW: What is your best piece of advice for young
TW: What is your best piece of advice for young
welders?
welders?
welders?
Trankler: Just stay focused and don’t get side-
Trankler: Just stay focused and don’t get side-
Trankler: Just stay focused and don’t get side-
tracked. If you have a goal in mind, go after it. You
tracked. If you have a goal in mind, go after it. You
tracked. If you have a goal in mind, go after it. You
might have to take a few different paths, but that’s
might have to take a few different paths, but that’s
might have to take a few different paths, but that’s
all right.
all right.
all right.
Make sure to have the right outlook on your job
Make sure to have the right outlook on your job
Make sure to have the right outlook on your job
and focus on your soft skills. Give your employers
and focus on your soft skills. Give your employers
and focus on your soft skills. Give your employers
your best because you’ll get more out of the experi-
your best because you’ll get more out of the experi-
your best because you’ll get more out of the experi-
ence. Be a sponge. When you’re around someone
ence. Be a sponge. When you’re around someone
ence. Be a sponge. When you’re around someone
who is a senior welder, absorb everything that
who is a senior welder, absorb everything that
who is a senior welder, absorb everything that
they’re doing, ask questions, and don’t be scared
they’re doing, ask questions, and don’t be scared
Trankler’s goal is to model good servant leadership and equip they’re doing, ask questions, and don’t be scared
Trankler’s goal is to model good servant leadership and equip to learn.
Trankler’s goal is to model good servant leadership and equip
students with the skills to go out and make a good living.
to learn.
students with the skills to go out and make a good living.
students with the skills to go out and make a good living. to learn.
You’re not going to know everything in your first
You’re not going to know everything in your first
You’re not going to know everything in your first
going to sell our products on a website that we just year. And if you’re doing it right, you won’t know
year. And if you’re doing it right, you won’t know
going to sell our products on a website that we just
year. And if you’re doing it right, you won’t know
going to sell our products on a website that we just everything in your 50th year. Learn, adapt, and give
designed. This is all brand new to me. The 5 x 10 will
everything in your 50th year. Learn, adapt, and give
designed. This is all brand new to me. The 5 x 10 will
everything in your 50th year. Learn, adapt, and give
designed. This is all brand new to me. The 5 x 10 will them your best. You expect them to give you their
let us make bigger products and it will give us a little
them your best. You expect them to give you their
them your best. You expect them to give you their
let us make bigger products and it will give us a little best, so you have to do it in return.
let us make bigger products and it will give us a little
more flexibility.
best, so you have to do it in return.
THE
more flexibility. best, so you have to do it in return. THE THE
more flexibility.
I also want to add some attachments to our Pira-
I also want to add some attachments to our Pira- Editor Amanda Carlson can be reached at
I also want to add some attachments to our Pira-
nha ironworker and a new saw. There’s nothing wrong
nha ironworker and a new saw. There’s nothing wrong
nha ironworker and a new saw. There’s nothing wrong amandac@thefabricator.com.
Editor Amanda Carlson can be reached at
with the saw that we have, but I’d like something
Editor Amanda Carlson can be reached at
with the saw that we have, but I’d like something
with the saw that we have, but I’d like something amandac@thefabricator.com.
that has a little more functionality to it. I’ve got some
amandac@thefabricator.com.
pulse welding equipment already, but I might add
that has a little more functionality to it. I’ve got some
that has a little more functionality to it. I’ve got some Sikeston Career and Technology Center,
ct.sikestonr6.org.
Sikeston Career and Technology Center,
more. And then I want a shelf to store my flat stock.
pulse welding equipment already, but I might add Sikeston Career and Technology Center,
pulse welding equipment already, but I might add
ct.sikestonr6.org.
ct.sikestonr6.org.
more. And then I want a shelf to store my flat stock.
more. And then I want a shelf to store my flat stock.
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