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Job Description

Overview

The Army National Guard employs Quartermaster and Chemical Equipment Repairers to ensure the maintenance and optimal performance of various systems that protect and serve the force. This role involves training to maintain chemical decontamination equipment and quartermaster machinery, contributing to the upkeep of special purpose equipment and chemical electrical systems.

Responsibilities

  • Service internal combustion engine ignition/fuel/cooling/electrical systems
  • Perform damage assessment and repair

Requirements

  • Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
  • Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
  • Must be between the ages of 17 and 35
  • Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
  • Must meet citizenship requirements

Benefits

  • Paid training
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • Tuition assistance
  • Retirement benefits for part-time service
  • Low-cost life insurance
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • VA home loans

Benefits

Paid training
Health Insurance
401k
Tuition assistance
Retirement benefits for part-time service
Low-cost life insurance
Student Loan Repayment Program
VA home loans
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$35/hr across 13 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 Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 53 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 31 different employers. 18 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 254 other active welding openings from 159 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

DC Army National Guard currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), and TradeWorx (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $30/hr and York at $25/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

Similar openings near Philadelphia, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 91J Quartermaster and Chemical Equipment Repairer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.