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Job Description

Overview

This is a good opportunity to get involved with a welding and repair company and learn the field. The company is looking for long-term individuals who are career-minded to join their fast-growing team in Pinellas Park.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in welding and repair tasks.
  • Learn to use a plasma cutter and basic hand tools.
  • Operate an airless paint machine.

Requirements

  • Valid driver's license.
  • Own vehicle.
  • Dependability and willingness to learn.
  • Maintenance background is helpful but not necessary.

Compensation

  • Starting pay is $20 - $22 per hour, depending on experience.
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How this job compares in Clearwater, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 25% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Florida, where the middle half runs $23–$32/hr across 131 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 14% 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 Clearwater, FL

Clearwater, FL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 274 other active welding openings from 152 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Clearwater, or widen the search to Florida.

Welding Shop in Tampa, FL currently has 9 other openings live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (22), BAE Systems (10), and Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are MIAMI at $35/hr, Jacksonville at $32/hr, and Cape Canaveral at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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/ Helper figures were last recalculated when this page was built.