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Post by mzgarden on Jan 6, 2018 11:57:33 GMT
DS is color blind (red/green) and at 30 is considering training for a more hands-on type of job.
So many jobs he applies for and/or training opportunities eliminate him because of the inability to see reds/greens.
Wondering - does welding depend on being able to see colors?
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Post by dustawaits on Jan 6, 2018 16:11:16 GMT
Check out Enchroma glasses , they are especially made for people which mainly have red and green colorblindness.
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Post by feather on Jan 6, 2018 17:04:12 GMT
Those enchroma glasses are really something.
If you price them at Enchroma, they run about $350 and a $20 coupon on the website. If you price them on Amazon, they are the same price and no coupon. There are other brands and clip ons that start at around $80.
I don't know anything about welding but I thought I heard that the color of the flame was important to gauge the temperature.
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Post by mzgarden on Jan 6, 2018 17:49:46 GMT
He actually has those glasses but too many employers are unwilling to consider them corrective lenses. Where he works now was bought out a couple years ago and the new 'owners' told him he would be terminated because of his color blindness, even though it had not caused any performance issue in the years he had been working for the prior owners. He had to get a union official to go to bat for him to save his job even while he wears the corrective glasses. It's amazing how difficult it is to find a job where not being able to see/differentiate a spectrum of colors is an automatic no-go.
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Post by dustawaits on Jan 6, 2018 18:30:31 GMT
If the glasses correct his problem isn’t that illegal incrimination by the company?
Or can he not wear the glasses under his helmet?
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Post by feather on Jan 6, 2018 18:50:09 GMT
If the glasses correct his problem isn’t that illegal incrimination by the company? Or can he not wear the glasses under his helmet? I think it would be discrimination of someone with a disability. A legal mind might be able to shed more light on that. |
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Post by tenbusybees on Jan 6, 2018 18:54:54 GMT
Hubby says there are welding helmets that have lenses (blue?) Specifically to help correct/accommodate color blindness.
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Post by dustawaits on Jan 6, 2018 22:21:29 GMT
If the glasses correct his problem isn’t that illegal incrimination by the company? Or can he not wear the glasses under his helmet? I think it would be discrimination of someone with a disability. A legal mind might be able to shed more light on that. Discrimination. Yes! Pardon my blooper!!! |
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on Jan 21, 2018 7:05:36 GMT
Colorblindness won't affect one's ability to weld, or to do most of the tasks associated with welding as long as he can distinguish red from black on the welding lead cables.
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Post by mzgarden on Jan 21, 2018 11:37:06 GMT
Thanks all, sharing this with DS. Very helpful.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jan 21, 2018 21:52:26 GMT
mzgarden, I'm red/green colorblind, and the only thing it's kept me from doing is electronics repair. Heck, I was in the wood flooring business for many years, mixing stains I'd get the customer involved without them ever knowing I didn't see what they saw. I had two area rug stores, and through listening to my salespeople memorized particular colors in the various rugs, nobody ever knew. As to welding, I've been welding for 50+ years, I can't imagine how color would affect that. Even acetylene welding you judge the light colored tip against the size of the base to adjust your flame, and it's easy enough to see when the metal changes color. But yes, my wife does indeed buy all my clothes, choosing colors that even I can't mismatch. Not to make you feel bad, but color blindness is passed from the mother to the son, who passes it to his daughters, who pass it to their sons. It's rare for a woman to be color blind, they just carry the gene.
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Post by mzgarden on Jan 21, 2018 23:22:57 GMT
Ozarks Tom, thanks for all the info. In fact, my Dad and his brother are both color blind so my son got it through me unfortunately.
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Post by spacecase0 on Jan 22, 2018 1:34:06 GMT
they say I am red green color blind,
I have to many rods in my eyes,
they say I have 4 times the resolution of most people (the optometrist tells me that this is very very rare)
can see as well as first generation night vision in the dark
just don't get why people even try to color match paint because I see the error so clearly
people wearing camouflage stand out clearer than anything else to me,
when I was young I could see UV light from the other colors
and the only thing I see welding is gray scale...
teaching others welding seems to be about ego more than anything.
in welding you are looking for how the metal puddles, not what color you see or how important others should see you.
they say ignorance is bliss,
and I tend to think that ignorance gets you in all kinds of trouble, like the backlash of firing someone for no good reason
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