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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.
  • Follow the curriculum as designed without substitutions or modifications.
  • 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 and respectful learning environment.
  • Manage classroom and lab conduct consistently.
  • Identify struggling students and intervene early.
  • Provide clear, actionable feedback to students throughout the program.
  • Document and report student outcomes and provide timely grades.
  • 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 professionally with client personnel and escalate issues as needed.
  • Be on time and ready to instruct for every scheduled session.
  • Stay current on welding technology and maintain required certifications.
  • Participate in required training and support the onboarding of new instructors.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of hands-on field experience in welding or fabrication.
  • 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.
  • Comfortable working in a client-facing environment.
  • Proficiency with basic digital tools, including documentation platforms.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain any required certifications.
  • Ability to travel to client sites and other campuses as required.
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$39/hr across 76 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 198 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 114 different employers. 49 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 221 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

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

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (19), and EZARC (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Goodyear at $51/hr, Tolleson at $38/hr, and Tempe at $37/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 Phoenix, AZ

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.