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Job Description

Overview

The Student Welder Trainee Program at GE Aerospace offers an opportunity for students to gain hands-on welding skills on aerospace parts while completing their education. Participants will learn TIG welding techniques and work in a safe, team-oriented environment focused on quality and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Learn TIG welding on aircraft parts alongside experienced welders.
  • Understand blueprints and work instructions for part specifications.
  • Practice setting up welding equipment and inspecting welds.
  • Gain exposure to various areas of the shop.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in good standing in a career technical education welding program.
  • Able to pass required vision testing.
  • Able to lift up to 40 pounds on occasion and stand for extended periods.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age by the time of joining.

Additional Information

  • Wages: $17/hr per hour.
  • Protective gear provided, plus a $125 safety shoe voucher.
  • Work in a shop environment around forklifts, carts, and cranes; most areas are climate-controlled.
  • Preferred ability to work a minimum of 20 hours per week during the semester.

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How this job compares in Beaver Creek, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, where the middle half runs $24–$30/hr across 48 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Beaver Creek, OH

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Beaver Creek, OH, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 104 other active welding openings from 68 employers. Browse welding jobs across Ohio.

GE Aerospace currently has 1 other opening live in Ohio, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TP Mechanical (8), Welding Shop in Columbus, OH (4), and Component Repair Technologies (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG 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.

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