Job Description

Overview

Alvin College is a public institution focused on providing affordable and high-quality education to diverse communities. The Welding Instructor is responsible for planning, delivering, and assessing welding instruction in Rosharon, TX, ensuring adherence to college curricula and industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and deliver welding instruction according to college curricula.
  • Prepare lesson plans and demonstrate safe welding techniques.
  • Supervise hands-on lab work and evaluate student performance.
  • Maintain equipment and ensure lab safety.
  • Update course materials to reflect current industry practices.
  • Advise students on academic and career pathways.
  • Participate in departmental meetings and professional development.
  • Collaborate with faculty and staff to support student success.

Requirements

  • Strong technical welding skills, including proficiency in welding processes.
  • Skills in pipe welding and related fitting practices.
  • Welding inspection skills to evaluate weld quality and teach inspection methods.

Benefits

  • None mentioned.

Additional Information

  • Full-time, on-site role located in Rosharon, TX.

How this job compares in Alvin, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 467 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Alvin, TX

Alvin, TX currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 720 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Alvin, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Alvin, TX

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