NEW mrW Featured Tradesmen - Denise Poeltler

[ModShari]

Congratulations to our new Featured Tradesmen - Denise Poeltler

[grasshopper]

Indeed. Congratulations Denise!

[daintylittlefemininefeet]

Congrats Moose!

~Cyn

[dirtysal]

Congrats Moose!!!

Sal

[alphalady61]

Congrats Moose! Your talents are amazing! I want to be like you when I grow up!
Kathy (Teach)

[desertengineer]

Congratulations to our new Featured Tradesmen - Denise Poeltler

Thank you to the staff at mrW.

It is an honor to be chosen for Featured Tradesman. I was surprised to get the nod as my status on the message board is listed as “Supporter”, not “Tradesman”.

As a “Supporter”, the best way for me to contribute to mrW and promote the building trades is to continue giving presentations during Career Day at local schools. I’m getting better at public speaking which is really an accomplishment for me. Ordinarily I wouldn’t volunteer to stand in front of people and talk for 30 minutes, but all I’m really doing is talking about my education and describing what I do for a living. It’s not like it’s a quiz or anything. I wear my standard welding work clothes and I take one of my welding projects as an example to show the kids. My welding instructor is a member of AWS (American Welding Society) and he supplies me with plasma cutting DVDs and literature outlining different careers in welding.

I’ve done 4 of these presentations in the last year. I had to cancel the fifth one in May at a middle school. I just couldn’t spare the time away from the office. My work load at my engineering company has picked up quite a bit since the beginning of the year, and completing my clients’ projects is my chief priority.

Since starting my welding business in June 2009, I’ve completed a lot of my objectives but still have a way to go before getting my website up and running. Fortunately, I have a very patient website designer. All of it is overwhelming at times.

I closed my office this week to take some time off and work on the welding website. Plus, I need a break from engineering.

Moose