Comment by bluGill
3 years ago
It can be development, if you are building a prototype for example. a good welder will notice that a bracket is missing and design one one the spot so the whole can be built for now - while telling the engineers about the problem.
That is a small % of welding though. Most is just straight production work. The % is open to question - if I ask you to put a winch mount on my trailer how much of that is custom R&D, and how much is production of the one off product?
If you have an off the shelf solution, then close to 0 development.
If you have a clear, standard approach to the installation, then the development is likely to be a small portion of the work.
If neither of those are true then you are in the hard to figure area.
A carpenter building a custom solution for room x
A programmer building a custom abstraction for domain feature x
A plumber laying a new line from the basement to the second floor
All require some surveying and development of a solution, gluing existing parts together in a unique way
Sure, I agree, but there are likely standard approaches, especially in the older trades, where the development is making ~1 decision and then measuring.
Like if the carpenter is installing some shelves, they are most likely picking a shelving system or approach they know how to work with and measuring for fit, not coming up with a brand new way to mount shelves. They might come up with a new way, it just isn't all that likely.
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