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Overview

The Shop Welding-Tacker position offers a pay rate of up to $27.00 per hour based on weld qualifications, with benefits available within the first 30 days of employment. The role involves welding metal components using the TIG process and requires passing an on-site Tacker Test.

Responsibilities

  • Manually guides electrode or gun along weld line to form specified depth of fusion and bead.
  • Obtains specified electrode and inserts it into portable holder or threads consumable electrode wire through portable welding gun.
  • Connects cables from welding unit to obtain specified amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse.
  • Starts power supply to produce electric current.
  • Strikes arc to generate heat for joining edges of work piece.
  • Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Cleans or degreases weld joint or work piece using appropriate tools.
  • Repairs broken or cracked parts and fills holes.
  • Prepares broken parts for welding by grooving or scarfing surfaces.
  • Chips off excess weld, slag, and spatter using hand scraper or power chipper.
  • Preheats work piece using hand torch or heating furnace.
  • Positions and clamps work pieces together or assembles them in jig or fixture.
  • Tacks assemblies together.
  • Cuts metal plates or structural shapes.
  • Passes employer performance tests or standard tests to meet certification standards.
  • Performs jobs only on which they have been trained and/or authorized.
  • Works in accordance with safe job practices and complies with company safety rules.
  • Uses required personal protective equipment.
  • Reports unsafe conditions or practices.
  • Cooperates during investigation of any accidents.
  • Participates in safety meetings and pre-job safety briefings.

Requirements

  • Successfully pass the on-site Tacker Test.
  • Must pass visual inspection and x-ray.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Day and Night Shift Available with a 10% night shift differential.
  • The position does NOT pay per diem.

Benefits

PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Walker, LA

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana, whose middle half runs $24–$36/hr across 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 49% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Walker, LA

Walker, LA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 73 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Walker, or widen the search to Louisiana.

The Shaw Group currently has 2 other openings live in Louisiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (9), Savard Group (8), and Bollinger Shipyards (4). 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 TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Shop Welding-Tacker figures were last recalculated when this page was built.