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Overview

The Welder - Level 1 position involves laying out, fitting, torch cutting, and welding various metal components to assemble structures such as machinery frames and pressure vessels. The role requires adherence to safety protocols and quality standards while utilizing various welding processes.

Responsibilities

  • Selects equipment and plans layout, assembly, and welding.
  • Lays out, positions, aligns, and fits components together.
  • Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding.
  • Sets up equipment and welds parts using various welding techniques.
  • Assembles parts by bolting and riveting.
  • Repairs products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts.
  • Repairs dies using grinding, scarfing, and welding techniques.
  • Maintains and makes minor repairs to welding and other shop equipment.
  • Assists Senior Welders.

Requirements

  • Associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school in welding.
  • Four to six years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups.
  • Ability to work with mathematical concepts and apply them to practical situations.
  • Ability to solve practical problems with limited standardization.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in different forms.
  • Demonstrates ability to read drawings and perform welding tasks.
  • Ability to operate hand and power tools and equipment.
  • Forklift & Aerial Lift Equipment certification.
  • Safety training in Fire Safety, LOTO, Confined Space, Fall Protection.
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How this job compares in South Gate, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across California currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$43/hr across 499 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 South Gate, CA

South Gate, CA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 315 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in South Gate, or widen the search to California.

Precision Castparts currently has 2 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $53/hr, Redondo Beach at $51/hr, and Long Beach at $42/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near South Gate, CA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder - Level 1 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.