Job Description

Overview

StrataTech Education Group is focused on the growth and development of specialized career education schools, particularly in skilled-trade programs. The B2B Welding Instructor delivers employer-sponsored welding and fabrication training to adult learners at client facilities and StrataTech campuses.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver the assigned welding curriculum in classroom, lab, and online settings with technical accuracy and instructional clarity.
  • Follow the curriculum as designed without substitution or modification without approval.
  • Adapt delivery style to meet the needs of adult learners with varying levels of prior welding experience.
  • Prepare for each session in advance and arrive ready to instruct.
  • Maintain accurate attendance records and student progress documentation.
  • Create a structured, respectful, and demanding learning environment.
  • Manage classroom and lab conduct consistently and address disruptions professionally.
  • Identify struggling students and intervene early.
  • Provide clear, actionable feedback throughout the program.
  • Document and report student outcomes and provide grades in a timely manner.
  • Set up and prepare the welding lab for each session.
  • Inspect welding equipment and enforce safety protocols.
  • Handle and dispose of waste and hazardous materials properly.
  • Conduct yourself as a representative of StrataTech in every interaction.
  • Communicate with client personnel professionally and within the scope of your role.
  • Be on time and ready to instruct for every scheduled session.
  • Stay current on welding technology, codes, and standards.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of hands-on field experience in welding, fabrication, or a closely related trades discipline.
  • Proficiency in one or more welding processes: SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW.
  • Ability to read and work from welding symbols, blueprints, and weld procedure specifications.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate technical content clearly to adult learners.
  • Consistent track record of professional conduct in a structured work environment.
  • Ability to manage a classroom or lab setting and hold students to a defined standard.
  • Comfortable working in a client-facing environment.
  • Proficiency with basic digital tools, including documentation platforms and learning management systems.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain any required certifications.

Additional Information

  • Work is performed in classroom, lab, shop, and client facility environments.
  • Incumbent may be required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Travel to client sites and other campuses is required.

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$41/hr across 83 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 323 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 188 different employers. 74 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 516 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

StrataTech Education Group currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). 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 Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. 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.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Adjunct Welding Instructor- B2B figures were last recalculated when this page was built.