Also I heard from one of the NGSS supervisors that they have a contract welder who was laid off from CATERPILLAR .He is getting paid 35 dollars an hour with no
benefits. I am not sure but they didnt mention any per diem for this welder. The shipyard is really hurting for people who can do quality work . Us [QA specialists] deal
with it every day with structure misaligned, poor welding, bad weld joint fit ups, weld joints not cleaned properly prior to welding,etc.,etc.,etc. I write up the defects
on a CAR [CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUEST] to get correction of defects and create a quality history for SUP SHIP QA management.
DONK