Sparks fly at school: Welding shop owner offers training course trying to meet growing demand

Is there a shortage of welders in your area? There is in Fargo, and here's what one woman did about it...

Deb Rubin decided to switch careers from medical instrument sterilizer to welder after playing around with a friend's wire welder. She's not the only one to launch a new career at a time when there's a shortage of welders in this part of the country.

"I went around to different shops in town to see what the demand was for welders. We found that there was high demand," Lynnes said. "We decided to open our own training center."

"We struggle to find qualified welders to hire," said Donette Peterson, human relations manager for Crary, a division of TerraMarc Industries that produces outdoor products, ag and potato equipment in West Fargo.

Sounds like a good idea to me!