Job Description

Overview

NateOvation Institute offers a Welding Bootcamp designed for working adults to gain skills in welding while maintaining their current jobs. The program includes both theoretical and hands-on training, with flexible scheduling and accreditation.

Responsibilities

  • Complete 9 theory modules at home on a computer.
  • Perform 17 lab activities for SMAW, GMAW, and FCAW.
  • Learn various welding positions including flat, horizontal, and vertical.
  • Get certified as a professional welder upon completion.
  • Attend OSHA 10 and 30 safety classes.

Requirements

  • No specific educational requirements mentioned.
  • Must be able to complete both theory and lab portions of the course.
  • Interest in pursuing a career in welding.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Classes are module-based and start immediately after signup.
  • Lab hours are Monday to Thursday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
  • Location: 4655 Quality Court Suite I and J, Las Vegas, Nevada 89103.
  • Contact number: 702-772-9303.

How this job compares in Las Vegas, NV

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 60% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Nevada — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Nevada as a whole we're tracking 25 other active welding openings from 17 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Las Vegas, or widen the search to Nevada.

Welding Shop in Las Vegas, NV currently has 2 other openings live in Nevada, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Nevada at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Orica (3), ESCO Group LLC (2), and Komatsu (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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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. Welding / Tech School - OSHA 10 30 SAFETY CLASSES figures were last recalculated when this page was built.