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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position requires proficiency in various welding techniques and skills, including the ability to read blueprints and perform fabrication tasks. Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent and pass a welding procedures test.

Responsibilities

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Must pass welding procedures test
  • Proficient reading, writing, grammar, and mathematics skills
  • Proficient interpersonal relations and communicative skills
  • Strong MIG welding and fabrication skills
  • Ability to read blueprints
  • Proficient mechanical skills
  • Proficient PC skills, including Internet
  • Visual and auditory skills

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Ability to stand, sit, bend, reach, climb, and lift items weighing 40 lbs or less
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How this job compares in Hollidaysburg, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $24–$32/hr across 133 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 13% 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 Hollidaysburg, PA

Hollidaysburg, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 141 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Curry Supply Company currently has 2 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Aerotek (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 Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $30/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.