It can be.. Plus in construction welding the environment can be extremely hazardous.
But, still there are allot of welders who would have liked to have had that guy's job I bet. It's hardly one of those "jobs americans don't want to do"
I know a guy who welds caskets (of all things, caskets) and he makes nearly twenty bucks an hour.
I've been welding for 57 years and my eyes are still pretty good at 65.
WHAT! Can you post that again, I can't read it!