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Welding Careers and Jobs

Select, Find and Prepare for Welding Careers and Jobs - all on one page

For hands-on people who want a high-demand skilled trade with strong pay potential and low upfront debt. Use the tools below to see which welding roles fit your background and goals.

This skilled trade offers process-specific certifications (MIG, TIG, Stick) that directly determine which jobs a welder qualifies for. Use the tools below to explore Welding-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Welder Helper, or look ahead to advanced roles such as Certified Welding Inspector or Welding Supervisor. Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as AWS (American Welding Society) Certification, that can help you move up the career ladder.



4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

Here is a short Helper Video External Link

This page will take you through 4 steps to (1) Select from Welding careers/jobs, (2) Find Welding job listings, (3) Prepare for Welding careers, and (4) Provide Welding career-specific resources.

Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Welding careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Welding Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Welding careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Welding, so relevant Welding jobs are listed alongside each listing. This can also help us to identify which careers (bottom of the listing) may have negative growth - perhaps due to automation or planned obsolescence.
B) Median Annual Salary U.S. Welding Careers
These listings are sorted (descending) by median annual salary in the U.S. This may help us to identify our ideal career. We may not qualify at this time for the desired career, but this listing and the results provided can help us to explore job details, as well as learn how to appropriately prepare for the career.
C) Welding Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Welding careers sorted by educational requirements (with the most difficult to obtain listed first). This may help us to identify career ladders (as we scroll down the list), and help us to get jobs that we qualify for now.
D) Select From a Listing of 119 Welding Jobs.
The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
Once you have identified a job title of interest, simply click on it.

Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.

Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the chosen career. Information may include (not every career choice includes all of the elements below - updates occur quarterly):
Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
Certifications: Provides appropriate government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials that may be required
Professional Associations: Provides professional associations that are related to the career selected
Job Listings: Provides links to active current job listings for the selected career, along with multiple similar job titles to explore. All information appears on this page without navigating away.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.

** If you clicked on a link from section D (as described in Step 1 above), you will see one or more links to an occupation that is usually a bit more general than your initial job selection - the link(s) is directly related to the specific job you identified through your prior selections.
*NOTE: It is possible that there may not be a career path identified for the specific job you selected in Step 1. If this is the case, scroll up the page and click on a different career/job.

Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that provide detailed (updated) links specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview. Can also assist with coffee chats.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.




Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job

20 Welding careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Welding-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:

Occupations U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033 (% change) Welding-Related Jobs

Industrial Machinery Mechanics 21.3% Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic; Welding Equipment Repairer; Welding System and Equipment Repairer; Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer; Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
Occupation: Industrial Machinery Mechanics U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 21.3% Welding-Related Jobs: Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic; Welding Equipment Repairer; Welding System and Equipment Repairer; Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer; Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
Commercial Divers 16.8% NDT UW Welder (Non Destructive Testing Under Water Welder); Underwater Welder
Occupation: Commercial Divers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 16.8% Welding-Related Jobs: NDT UW Welder (Non Destructive Testing Under Water Welder); Underwater Welder
Materials Engineers 8.4% Welding Engineer
Occupation: Materials Engineers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 8.4% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Engineer
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 8.2% Aluminum Welder; Arc Welder; Atomic Welder; Bar Welder; Bit Welder; Body Welder; Boiler Welder; Butt Welder; Certified Maintenance Welder; Combination Welder; Die Welder; Electric Arc Welder; Electric Spot Welder; Electric Welder; Experimental Welder; Fabrication Welder; Filament Welder; Flash Welder; Frame Welder; Gas Welder; Getter Welder; Gun Welder; Heliarc Welder; Helium Arc Welder; Industrial Welder; Lap Welder; Line Welder; Maintenance Welder; Metal Fabrication Welder; Metal Welder; MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder); Oxyacetylene Welder; Oxyhydrogen Welder; Pipe Welder; Production Line Welder; Production Welder; Retrofit Welder; Robotic Welder; Setup Welder; Sheet Metal Welder; Shotweld Operator; Spot Welder; Steel Welder; Stick Welder; Stitch Welder; Structural Welder; Tack Welder; Tank Welder; Thermite Welder; TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder); Underwater Welder; Weld Layout Worker; Welder; Welder Fabricator; Welder Fitter; Welder Operator; Welder Technician (Welder Tech); Welding Burner; Welding Setter; Welding Specialist; Welding Technician; Welding Tester; Wire Welder
Occupation: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 8.2% Welding-Related Jobs: Aluminum Welder; Arc Welder; Atomic Welder; Bar Welder; Bit Welder; Body Welder; Boiler Welder; Butt Welder; Certified Maintenance Welder; Combination Welder; Die Welder; Electric Arc Welder; Electric Spot Welder; Electric Welder; Experimental Welder; Fabrication Welder; Filament Welder; Flash Welder; Frame Welder; Gas Welder; Getter Welder; Gun Welder; Heliarc Welder; Helium Arc Welder; Industrial Welder; Lap Welder; Line Welder; Maintenance Welder; Metal Fabrication Welder; Metal Welder; MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder); Oxyacetylene Welder; Oxyhydrogen Welder; Pipe Welder; Production Line Welder; Production Welder; Retrofit Welder; Robotic Welder; Setup Welder; Sheet Metal Welder; Shotweld Operator; Spot Welder; Steel Welder; Stick Welder; Stitch Welder; Structural Welder; Tack Welder; Tank Welder; Thermite Welder; TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder); Underwater Welder; Weld Layout Worker; Welder; Welder Fabricator; Welder Fitter; Welder Operator; Welder Technician (Welder Tech); Welding Burner; Welding Setter; Welding Specialist; Welding Technician; Welding Tester; Wire Welder
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 7.1% Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Occupation: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 7.1% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 6.6% Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 6.6% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 6.1% Welding Equipment Sales Representative
Occupation: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 6.1% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Equipment Sales Representative
Rail Car Repairers 5.2% Rail Car Welder
Occupation: Rail Car Repairers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 5.2% Welding-Related Jobs: Rail Car Welder
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 5% Pipe Welder
Occupation: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 5% Welding-Related Jobs: Pipe Welder
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 3.7% Continuous Weld Pipe Mill Supervisor; Welding Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 3.7% Welding-Related Jobs: Continuous Weld Pipe Mill Supervisor; Welding Supervisor
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 3.4% Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Occupation: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: 3.4% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Boilermakers -1% Boiler Welder; Boilermaker Welder
Occupation: Boilermakers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -1% Welding-Related Jobs: Boiler Welder; Boilermaker Welder
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders -1% Aluminum Welder; Arc and Gas Welder; Arc Welding Machine Operator; Certified Welder; Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator; Electroslag Welding Machine Operator; Explosion Welder; Friction Welding Machine Operator; Gas Welding Machine Operator; Industrial Welder; Machine Welder; Mig Welder; Reserve Tube Welder; Resistance Machine Welder Setter; Resistance Welding Machine Operator; Robotic Weld Operator; Robotic Weld Technician (Robotic Weld Tech); Robotic Welder; Robotic Welding Operator; Rod Welder; Spot Welder; Thermit Welding Machine Operator; Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator; Weld Operator; Weld Technician (Weld Tech); Welding Machine Operator; Welding Machine Setter; Welding Machine Tender; Welding Operator; Welding Pantograph Machine Operator; Welding Pantograph Operator; Welding Technician (Welding Tech)
Occupation: Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -1% Welding-Related Jobs: Aluminum Welder; Arc and Gas Welder; Arc Welding Machine Operator; Certified Welder; Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator; Electroslag Welding Machine Operator; Explosion Welder; Friction Welding Machine Operator; Gas Welding Machine Operator; Industrial Welder; Machine Welder; Mig Welder; Reserve Tube Welder; Resistance Machine Welder Setter; Resistance Welding Machine Operator; Robotic Weld Operator; Robotic Weld Technician (Robotic Weld Tech); Robotic Welder; Robotic Welding Operator; Rod Welder; Spot Welder; Thermit Welding Machine Operator; Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator; Weld Operator; Weld Technician (Weld Tech); Welding Machine Operator; Welding Machine Setter; Welding Machine Tender; Welding Operator; Welding Pantograph Machine Operator; Welding Pantograph Operator; Welding Technician (Welding Tech)
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators -2.5% Welding Robot Operator
Occupation: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -2.5% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Robot Operator
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic -2.7% Welding Rod Coater
Occupation: Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -2.7% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Rod Coater
Helpers--Production Workers -4.5% Socket Welder Helper; Welder Helper
Occupation: Helpers--Production Workers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -4.5% Welding-Related Jobs: Socket Welder Helper; Welder Helper
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic -4.9% Welding Prototype Operator
Occupation: Model Makers, Metal and Plastic U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -4.9% Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Prototype Operator
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic -6.1% Weld Mill Operator
Occupation: Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -6.1% Welding-Related Jobs: Weld Mill Operator
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters -11.4% Weld Fitter
Occupation: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -11.4% Welding-Related Jobs: Weld Fitter
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers -12.2% Certified Welding Inspector (CWI); Weld Inspector; Welding Inspector
Occupation: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033: -12.2% Welding-Related Jobs: Certified Welding Inspector (CWI); Weld Inspector; Welding Inspector

22 Welding careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Welding-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::

Occupations National Median Salary Welding-Related Jobs

Materials Engineers $ 104,100 Welding Engineer
Occupation: Materials Engineers National Median Salary: $ 104,100 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Engineer
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products $ 99,710 Welding Equipment Sales Representative
Occupation: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products National Median Salary: $ 99,710 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Equipment Sales Representative
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $ 75,820 Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers National Median Salary: $ 75,820 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists $ 73,500 Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
Occupation: Non-Destructive Testing Specialists National Median Salary: $ 73,500 Welding-Related Jobs: Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
Boilermakers $ 71,140 Boiler Welder; Boilermaker Welder
Occupation: Boilermakers National Median Salary: $ 71,140 Welding-Related Jobs: Boiler Welder; Boilermaker Welder
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $ 65,930 Continuous Weld Pipe Mill Supervisor; Welding Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers National Median Salary: $ 65,930 Welding-Related Jobs: Continuous Weld Pipe Mill Supervisor; Welding Supervisor
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School $ 65,130 Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Occupation: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School National Median Salary: $ 65,130 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Robotics Technicians $ 65,080 Robotic Weld Technician; Robotic Welder
Occupation: Robotics Technicians National Median Salary: $ 65,080 Welding-Related Jobs: Robotic Weld Technician; Robotic Welder
Rail Car Repairers $ 65,030 Rail Car Welder
Occupation: Rail Car Repairers National Median Salary: $ 65,030 Welding-Related Jobs: Rail Car Welder
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic $ 64,190 Welding Prototype Operator
Occupation: Model Makers, Metal and Plastic National Median Salary: $ 64,190 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Prototype Operator
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary $ 62,060 Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Occupation: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary National Median Salary: $ 62,060 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters $ 61,550 Pipe Welder
Occupation: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters National Median Salary: $ 61,550 Welding-Related Jobs: Pipe Welder
Industrial Machinery Mechanics $ 61,420 Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic; Welding Equipment Repairer; Welding System and Equipment Repairer; Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer; Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
Occupation: Industrial Machinery Mechanics National Median Salary: $ 61,420 Welding-Related Jobs: Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic; Welding Equipment Repairer; Welding System and Equipment Repairer; Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer; Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
Commercial Divers $ 61,300 NDT UW Welder (Non Destructive Testing Under Water Welder); Underwater Welder
Occupation: Commercial Divers National Median Salary: $ 61,300 Welding-Related Jobs: NDT UW Welder (Non Destructive Testing Under Water Welder); Underwater Welder
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers $ 48,940 Aluminum Welder; Arc Welder; Atomic Welder; Bar Welder; Bit Welder; Body Welder; Boiler Welder; Butt Welder; Certified Maintenance Welder; Combination Welder; Die Welder; Electric Arc Welder; Electric Spot Welder; Electric Welder; Experimental Welder; Fabrication Welder; Filament Welder; Flash Welder; Frame Welder; Gas Welder; Getter Welder; Gun Welder; Heliarc Welder; Helium Arc Welder; Industrial Welder; Lap Welder; Line Welder; Maintenance Welder; Metal Fabrication Welder; Metal Welder; MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder); Oxyacetylene Welder; Oxyhydrogen Welder; Pipe Welder; Production Line Welder; Production Welder; Retrofit Welder; Robotic Welder; Setup Welder; Sheet Metal Welder; Shotweld Operator; Spot Welder; Steel Welder; Stick Welder; Stitch Welder; Structural Welder; Tack Welder; Tank Welder; Thermite Welder; TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder); Underwater Welder; Weld Layout Worker; Welder; Welder Fabricator; Welder Fitter; Welder Operator; Welder Technician (Welder Tech); Welding Burner; Welding Setter; Welding Specialist; Welding Technician; Welding Tester; Wire Welder
Occupation: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers National Median Salary: $ 48,940 Welding-Related Jobs: Aluminum Welder; Arc Welder; Atomic Welder; Bar Welder; Bit Welder; Body Welder; Boiler Welder; Butt Welder; Certified Maintenance Welder; Combination Welder; Die Welder; Electric Arc Welder; Electric Spot Welder; Electric Welder; Experimental Welder; Fabrication Welder; Filament Welder; Flash Welder; Frame Welder; Gas Welder; Getter Welder; Gun Welder; Heliarc Welder; Helium Arc Welder; Industrial Welder; Lap Welder; Line Welder; Maintenance Welder; Metal Fabrication Welder; Metal Welder; MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder); Oxyacetylene Welder; Oxyhydrogen Welder; Pipe Welder; Production Line Welder; Production Welder; Retrofit Welder; Robotic Welder; Setup Welder; Sheet Metal Welder; Shotweld Operator; Spot Welder; Steel Welder; Stick Welder; Stitch Welder; Structural Welder; Tack Welder; Tank Welder; Thermite Welder; TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder); Underwater Welder; Weld Layout Worker; Welder; Welder Fabricator; Welder Fitter; Welder Operator; Welder Technician (Welder Tech); Welding Burner; Welding Setter; Welding Specialist; Welding Technician; Welding Tester; Wire Welder
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators $ 48,550 Welding Robot Operator
Occupation: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators National Median Salary: $ 48,550 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Robot Operator
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters $ 48,480 Weld Fitter
Occupation: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters National Median Salary: $ 48,480 Welding-Related Jobs: Weld Fitter
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $ 47,040 Weld Mill Operator
Occupation: Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic National Median Salary: $ 47,040 Welding-Related Jobs: Weld Mill Operator
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $ 45,850 Certified Welding Inspector (CWI); Weld Inspector; Welding Inspector
Occupation: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers National Median Salary: $ 45,850 Welding-Related Jobs: Certified Welding Inspector (CWI); Weld Inspector; Welding Inspector
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $ 45,350 Aluminum Welder; Arc and Gas Welder; Arc Welding Machine Operator; Certified Welder; Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator; Electroslag Welding Machine Operator; Explosion Welder; Friction Welding Machine Operator; Gas Welding Machine Operator; Industrial Welder; Machine Welder; Mig Welder; Reserve Tube Welder; Resistance Machine Welder Setter; Resistance Welding Machine Operator; Robotic Weld Operator; Robotic Weld Technician (Robotic Weld Tech); Robotic Welder; Robotic Welding Operator; Rod Welder; Spot Welder; Thermit Welding Machine Operator; Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator; Weld Operator; Weld Technician (Weld Tech); Welding Machine Operator; Welding Machine Setter; Welding Machine Tender; Welding Operator; Welding Pantograph Machine Operator; Welding Pantograph Operator; Welding Technician (Welding Tech)
Occupation: Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders National Median Salary: $ 45,350 Welding-Related Jobs: Aluminum Welder; Arc and Gas Welder; Arc Welding Machine Operator; Certified Welder; Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator; Electroslag Welding Machine Operator; Explosion Welder; Friction Welding Machine Operator; Gas Welding Machine Operator; Industrial Welder; Machine Welder; Mig Welder; Reserve Tube Welder; Resistance Machine Welder Setter; Resistance Welding Machine Operator; Robotic Weld Operator; Robotic Weld Technician (Robotic Weld Tech); Robotic Welder; Robotic Welding Operator; Rod Welder; Spot Welder; Thermit Welding Machine Operator; Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator; Weld Operator; Weld Technician (Weld Tech); Welding Machine Operator; Welding Machine Setter; Welding Machine Tender; Welding Operator; Welding Pantograph Machine Operator; Welding Pantograph Operator; Welding Technician (Welding Tech)
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $ 39,740 Welding Rod Coater
Occupation: Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic National Median Salary: $ 39,740 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Rod Coater
Helpers--Production Workers $ 36,700 Socket Welder Helper; Welder Helper
Occupation: Helpers--Production Workers National Median Salary: $ 36,700 Welding-Related Jobs: Socket Welder Helper; Welder Helper

22 Welding careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Welding-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.

Education/Preparation Categories:
5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.)
4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree
3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree
2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always
Please Scroll and Select below:
Occupations Education/Preparation Welding-Related Jobs

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 4 Welding Equipment Sales Representative
Occupation: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Education/Preparation: 4 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Equipment Sales Representative
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 4 Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Occupation: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School Education/Preparation: 4 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Materials Engineers 4 Welding Engineer
Occupation: Materials Engineers Education/Preparation: 4 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Engineer
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 3 Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Occupation: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Instructor; Welding Teacher
Robotics Technicians 3 Robotic Weld Technician; Robotic Welder
Occupation: Robotics Technicians Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: Robotic Weld Technician; Robotic Welder
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 3 Pipe Welder
Occupation: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: Pipe Welder
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 3 Welding Prototype Operator
Occupation: Model Makers, Metal and Plastic Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Prototype Operator
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 3 Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic; Welding Equipment Repairer; Welding System and Equipment Repairer; Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer; Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
Occupation: Industrial Machinery Mechanics Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic; Welding Equipment Repairer; Welding System and Equipment Repairer; Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer; Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 3 Continuous Weld Pipe Mill Supervisor; Welding Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: Continuous Weld Pipe Mill Supervisor; Welding Supervisor
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 3 Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor
Occupation: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor
Commercial Divers 3 NDT UW Welder (Non Destructive Testing Under Water Welder); Underwater Welder
Occupation: Commercial Divers Education/Preparation: 3 Welding-Related Jobs: NDT UW Welder (Non Destructive Testing Under Water Welder); Underwater Welder
Helpers--Production Workers 2 Socket Welder Helper; Welder Helper
Occupation: Helpers--Production Workers Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Socket Welder Helper; Welder Helper
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 2 Certified Welding Inspector (CWI); Weld Inspector; Welding Inspector
Occupation: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Certified Welding Inspector (CWI); Weld Inspector; Welding Inspector
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists 2 Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
Occupation: Non-Destructive Testing Specialists Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2 Welding Rod Coater
Occupation: Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Rod Coater
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 2 Welding Robot Operator
Occupation: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Welding Robot Operator
Rail Car Repairers 2 Rail Car Welder
Occupation: Rail Car Repairers Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Rail Car Welder
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2 Weld Mill Operator
Occupation: Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Weld Mill Operator
Boilermakers 2 Boiler Welder; Boilermaker Welder
Occupation: Boilermakers Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Boiler Welder; Boilermaker Welder
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 2 Weld Fitter
Occupation: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Weld Fitter
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Occupation: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Aluminum Welder; Arc Welder; Atomic Welder; Bar Welder; Bit Welder; Body Welder; Boiler Welder; Butt Welder; Certified Maintenance Welder; Combination Welder; Die Welder; Electric Arc Welder; Electric Spot Welder; Electric Welder; Experimental Welder; Fabrication Welder; Filament Welder; Flash Welder; Frame Welder; Gas Welder; Getter Welder; Gun Welder; Heliarc Welder; Helium Arc Welder; Industrial Welder; Lap Welder; Line Welder; Maintenance Welder; Metal Fabrication Welder; Metal Welder; MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder); Oxyacetylene Welder; Oxyhydrogen Welder; Pipe Welder; Production Line Welder; Production Welder; Retrofit Welder; Robotic Welder; Setup Welder; Sheet Metal Welder; Shotweld Operator; Spot Welder; Steel Welder; Stick Welder; Stitch Welder; Structural Welder; Tack Welder; Tank Welder; Thermite Welder; TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder); Underwater Welder; Weld Layout Worker; Welder; Welder Fabricator; Welder Fitter; Welder Operator; Welder Technician (Welder Tech); Welding Burner; Welding Setter; Welding Specialist; Welding Technician; Welding Tester; Wire Welder
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 2 Aluminum Welder; Arc and Gas Welder; Arc Welding Machine Operator; Certified Welder; Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator; Electroslag Welding Machine Operator; Explosion Welder; Friction Welding Machine Operator; Gas Welding Machine Operator; Industrial Welder; Machine Welder; Mig Welder; Reserve Tube Welder; Resistance Machine Welder Setter; Resistance Welding Machine Operator; Robotic Weld Operator; Robotic Weld Technician (Robotic Weld Tech); Robotic Welder; Robotic Welding Operator; Rod Welder; Spot Welder; Thermit Welding Machine Operator; Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator; Weld Operator; Weld Technician (Weld Tech); Welding Machine Operator; Welding Machine Setter; Welding Machine Tender; Welding Operator; Welding Pantograph Machine Operator; Welding Pantograph Operator; Welding Technician (Welding Tech)
Occupation: Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Education/Preparation: 2 Welding-Related Jobs: Aluminum Welder; Arc and Gas Welder; Arc Welding Machine Operator; Certified Welder; Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welder Setter; Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator; Electroslag Welding Machine Operator; Explosion Welder; Friction Welding Machine Operator; Gas Welding Machine Operator; Industrial Welder; Machine Welder; Mig Welder; Reserve Tube Welder; Resistance Machine Welder Setter; Resistance Welding Machine Operator; Robotic Weld Operator; Robotic Weld Technician (Robotic Weld Tech); Robotic Welder; Robotic Welding Operator; Rod Welder; Spot Welder; Thermit Welding Machine Operator; Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator; Weld Operator; Weld Technician (Weld Tech); Welding Machine Operator; Welding Machine Setter; Welding Machine Tender; Welding Operator; Welding Pantograph Machine Operator; Welding Pantograph Operator; Welding Technician (Welding Tech)

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Aluminum Welder
Arc and Gas Welder
Arc Welder
Arc Welding Machine Operator
Atomic Welder
Bar Welder
Bit Welder
Body Welder
Boiler Welder
Boilermaker Welder
Butt Welder
Certified Maintenance Welder
Certified Welder
Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
Combination Welder
Continuous Weld Pipe Mill Supervisor
Die Welder
Electric Arc Welder
Electric Spot Welder
Electric Welder
Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter
Electron Beam Welder Setter
Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator
Electroslag Welding Machine Operator
Experimental Welder
Explosion Welder
Fabrication Welder
Filament Welder
Flash Welder
Frame Welder
Friction Welding Machine Operator
Gas Welder
Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic
Gas Welding Machine Operator
Getter Welder
Gun Welder
Heliarc Welder
Helium Arc Welder
Industrial Welder
Lap Welder
Line Welder
Machine Welder
Maintenance Welder
Metal Fabrication Welder
Metal Welder
Mig Welder
MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder)
NDT UW Welder (Non Destructive Testing Under Water Welder)
Oxyacetylene Welder
Oxyhydrogen Welder
Pipe Welder
Production Line Welder
Production Welder
Rail Car Welder
Reserve Tube Welder
Resistance Machine Welder Setter
Resistance Welding Machine Operator
Retrofit Welder
Robotic Weld Operator
Robotic Weld Technician
Robotic Weld Technician (Robotic Weld Tech)
Robotic Welder
Robotic Welding Operator
Rod Welder
Setup Welder
Sheet Metal Welder
Shotweld Operator
Socket Welder Helper
Spot Welder
Steel Welder
Stick Welder
Stitch Welder
Structural Welder
Tack Welder
Tank Welder
Thermit Welding Machine Operator
Thermite Welder
TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder)
Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator
Underwater Welder
Weld Fitter
Weld Inspector
Weld Layout Worker
Weld Mill Operator
Weld Operator
Weld Technician (Weld Tech)
Welder
Welder Fabricator
Welder Fitter
Welder Helper
Welder Operator
Welder Technician (Welder Tech)
Welding Burner
Welding Engineer
Welding Equipment Repairer
Welding Equipment Repairer Supervisor
Welding Equipment Sales Representative
Welding Inspector
Welding Instructor
Welding Machine Operator
Welding Machine Setter
Welding Machine Tender
Welding Operator
Welding Pantograph Machine Operator
Welding Pantograph Operator
Welding Prototype Operator
Welding Robot Operator
Welding Rod Coater
Welding Setter
Welding Specialist
Welding Supervisor
Welding System and Equipment Repairer
Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer
Welding Teacher
Welding Technician
Welding Technician (Welding Tech)
Welding Tester
Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Description: Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.

U.S. Total Employment (2023):
72,300
U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
77,500
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
5,100 (7.1%)
Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
5,500
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Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Keep informed about trends in education and subject matter specialties.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
Importance: 99 (%) Description: Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.
Importance: 99 (%) Description: Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Assign and grade class work and homework.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Select, order, store, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
Importance: 97 (%) Description: Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
Importance: 94 (%) Description: Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
Importance: 93 (%) Description: Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Place students in jobs, or make referrals to job placement services.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Plan and supervise work-experience programs in businesses, industrial shops, and school laboratories.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
Supplemental Duties
Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Coaching and Developing Others: Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Importance: 89 (%) Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Importance: 86 (%) Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Developing and Building Teams: Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Assisting and Caring for Others: Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates: Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance: 76 (%) Description: Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials: Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Importance: 76 (%) Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Monitoring and Controlling Resources: Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Handling and Moving Objects: Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Controlling Machines and Processes: Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment: Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
Importance: 65 (%) Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment: Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information: Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
Advise students on academic or career matters.
Apply multiple teaching methods.
Assign class work to students.
Assist students with special educational needs.
Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
Coordinate student extracurricular activities.
Create technology-based learning materials.
Develop instructional objectives.
Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
Distribute instructional or library materials.
Encourage students.
Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
Evaluate student work.
Maintain student records.
Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
Monitor student performance.
Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
Perform student enrollment or registration activities.
Plan educational activities.
Plan experiential learning activities.
Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
Prepare tests.
Select educational materials or equipment.
Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
Set up classroom materials or equipment.
Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.
Supervise school or student activities.
Supervise student research or internship work.
Teach others to use technology or equipment.
Teach vocational courses.
Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Importance: 61 (%) Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Importance: 61 (%) Description: Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Importance: 60 (%) Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?
Activity: Advise others on educational or vocational matters.
Activity: Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance.
Activity: Assign work to others.
Activity: Assist individuals with special needs.
Activity: Collaborate in the development of educational programs.
Activity: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities.
Activity: Coordinate group, community, or public activities.
Activity: Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures.
Activity: Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.
Activity: Distribute materials, supplies, or resources.
Activity: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise.
Activity: Maintain operational records.
Activity: Monitor individual behavior or performance.
Activity: Perform administrative or clerical activities.
Activity: Prepare informational or instructional materials.
Activity: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities.
Activity: Provide support or encouragement to others.
Activity: Purchase goods or services.
Activity: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects.
Activity: Serve on organizational committees.
Activity: Set up classrooms, facilities, educational materials, or equipment.
Activity: Supervise personnel activities.
Activity: Teach academic or vocational subjects.
Activity: Train others to use equipment or products.
Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?
Emerging Tech Skills
Computer aided design CAD software:
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Electronic mail software:
Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software:
Microsoft Office software
Presentation software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software:
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software:
Google Docs
Microsoft Word
General Software Tools
Computer based training software (scroll table below):
Blackboard Learn
Course management system software
Desire2Learn LMS software
Learning management system LMS
Padlet
Sakai CLE
Desktop communications software:
Edmodo
Electronic mail software:
Email software
Information retrieval or search software:
DOC Cop
iParadigms Turnitin
Internet browser software:
Web browser software
Multi-media educational software:
Edpuzzle
Kahoot!
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software:
Image scanning software
Word processing software:
Collaborative editing software
Preparation Required
Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment
This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 40.1 (%) Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 22.6 (%) Level of Education: Master's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 13.1 (%) Level of Education: Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Frequency of Attainment: 8.1 (%) Level of Education: Post-Secondary Certificate
Frequency of Attainment: 7.4 (%) Level of Education: High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Frequency of Attainment: 4.3 (%) Level of Education: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Frequency of Attainment: 4.1 (%) Level of Education: Some College Courses
Frequency of Attainment: 0.3 (%) Level of Education: First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.
Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment
This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 22.0 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 19.1 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years
Frequency of Attainment: 16.2 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 12.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Frequency of Attainment: 9.2 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months
Frequency of Attainment: 6.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years
Frequency of Attainment: 5.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Frequency of Attainment: 4.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years
Frequency of Attainment: 3.3 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Frequency of Attainment: 0.3 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Certifications
Certifications
These are examples of certifications that may be important for this occupation. How can you begin exploring which certifications fit your goals and what steps you would need to take to earn them?
Certified Journalism Educator External Link
Master Journalism Educator External Link
Microsoft Certified Educator External Link
NJROTC Instructor Certification External Link
Praxis Subject Assessment: Agriculture (5701) External Link
Praxis Subject Assessment: Business Education: Content Knowledge (5101) External Link
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Career and Technical Education Teacher (CTE Teacher)
Career Education Teacher
Career Technology Teacher
Carpentry Instructor
Carpentry Teacher
CDL Driving Instructor (Commercial Driver's License Driving Instructor)
Certified Flight Instructor
Computer Instructor
Computer Science Teacher
Computer Teacher
Construction Technology Instructor
Consumer Science Teacher
Cooking Teacher
Cosmetology Instructor
Cosmetology Teacher
Culinary Arts Instructor
Culinary Arts Teacher
Drafting Instructor
Drafting Teacher
Driver Education Instructor
Driving Instructor
Dry Cleaning Teacher
Education Technology Teacher
Educator
Electronics Teacher
FACS Teacher (Family and Consumer Science Teacher)
Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher)
Floral Design Teacher
Health Science Instructor
Health Science Technology Education Teacher (HSTE Teacher)
High School Auto Repair Teacher (High School Automotive Repair Teacher)
High School Business Teacher
High School Vocational Education Teacher
Industrial Arts Teacher
Industrial Technology Teacher
Instructor
Key Punch Teacher
Link Trainer Teacher
Machine Shorthand Teacher
Marketing Education Teacher
Marketing Instructor
Marketing Teacher
Masonry Teacher
Meat Cutting Teacher
Radio Repair Teacher
Secretarial Teacher
Shop Teacher
Shorthand Teacher
Skilled Trades Teacher
Tailoring Teacher
Teacher
Technical Education Teacher
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Technology Instructor
Television Repair Teacher
Vocational Auto Body Instructor (Vocational Automotive Body Instructor)
Vocational Childcare Teacher
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Vocational Teacher
Vocational Trainer
Weaving Teacher
Welding Instructor
Welding Teacher
Work Adjustment Instructor


Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources

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Videos

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Resumes

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Job Description

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Interviews

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Salary Data

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Raises

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Jobs

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Jobs

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Classifieds

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Step-by-Step

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Career Change

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LinkedIn®

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Career Path

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