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Job Description

Overview

We are actively seeking to add one lucky candidate to our team for an entry-level welding and truck upfitter apprentice position. The ideal candidate will have some welding and mechanical skills and a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

  • Learn welding and fabrication.
  • Gain knowledge in electrical and hydraulics.

Requirements

  • Minimum age of 18.
  • Some welding and mechanical skills are mandatory.
  • Must have a strong work ethic.
  • Ability to follow direction and be a self-starter.
  • High level of enthusiasm is a must.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Medical benefits after 90 days.
  • Vacation after 1 year.
  • 401k available after 2 years.

Benefits

PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Arlington, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 67% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington — toward the top of a $28–$40/hr middle band drawn from 66 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 98% 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 Arlington, WA

Arlington, WA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 92 other active welding openings from 57 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Arlington, or widen the search to Washington.

Welding Shop in Seattle, WA currently has 13 other openings live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (13), Loenbro (5), and Parker Hannifin (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Arlington, WA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. welding and truck upfitter apprentice figures were last recalculated when this page was built.