Thank you both for your responses... I should start off with I'm in Canada not the US. Here, Junior Engineer's have less than 4 years experience or are EIT's (my situation for the next month or two).
You are right, I definitely have more to learn when in comes to welding processes (particularly less mainstream processes, ie not SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW); however, I do have welded design training and some practical welding experience. Not too mention working along side and under the supervision of a Welding Engineer for the past few years has given me quite a bit of experience. I am a firm believer in hands on learning, which is why I would like to work for a fabrication/production environment.
The experience I was refering to in my post was practical/job experience. I am not really sure if an additional degree/accreditation would open more doors because, I would still be missing actual work experience. I'm sure additional accreditations wouldn't hurt, though. I suppose it should be something to look at.
Regards,
JG