Job Description

Overview

A&B Sign Company is a full service sign company serving the Prescott - Yavapai County area since 1951. They have an immediate opening for a commercial sign fabricator/installation trainee to learn to manufacture and install various types of signs.

Responsibilities

  • Learn to manufacture and install all types of signs including monuments, pylon signs, pan channel and reverse pan channel letters.

Requirements

  • Experience welding is a plus.
  • Experience working at heights is a plus.
  • Experience using basic hand tools is a plus.
  • Experience with cutting/grinding equipment is a plus.
  • Ability to stand for long periods of time is required.
  • Ability to lift 80 pounds or more is required.
  • Must currently possess a valid driver's license and a clean record.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • This is a part-time position (less than 30 hours per week) with the opportunity to go to a full-time job with a full-benefit package.
  • Pre-employment background check and drug test may be required.

How this job compares in Prescott, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 40% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 96 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 2% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 285 other active welding openings from 175 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Arizona.

Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ currently has 8 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (8), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (8), and Comfort Systems USA Southwest (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mesa at $38/hr, El Mirage at $38/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Commercial sign fabricator/installation trainee figures were last recalculated when this page was built.