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Combo welder resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a combo welder resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the combo welder role.

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in combo welder-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the combo welder position.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some combo welder interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a combo welder resume:

  • GMAW
  • FCAW
  • Arc Welding
  • Engineering Drawings
  • Carbon Steel
  • MIG
  • Hand Tools
  • TIG
  • Gas Welding
  • Minor Maintenance
  • Safety Equipment
  • Lay-Out
  • Aluminum
  • GTAW
  • SMAW
  • Flux Core
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Gmaw Welding
  • Torches
  • Tig Welding
  • Safety Rules
  • Fall Protection
  • Structural Forms
  • Stainless Steel Pipe
  • Plasma Arc
  • Structural Steel
  • AWS
  • API
  • SCH
  • Jigs

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write combo welder experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are great bullet points from combo welder resumes:

Work history example #1

Combo Welder

Mid-South Management Co

  • Prepped smaller pipes by tacking together pieces to make ready for welder to come in and complete it.
  • Welded Pipe using Tig and stick, carbon steel and stainless piping in shop and in field.
  • Reviewed layouts, blueprints, diagrams and work orders in preparation for welding and cutting metal components.
  • Welded the bottle headers inside the penthouse with 90s wire tig root, fill and cap with 9018
  • Completed various shop maintenance and improvement projects Accomplishments Gained AWS Certification as a welder on Portable Containment Systems project in 2015.

Work history example #2

Iron Worker

Tradesmen International

  • Performed bolt up and Arc/Mig welding , oxyacetylene cutting and heating.
  • Verified vertical and horizontal alignment of structural-steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, and/or levels.
  • Communicated effectively with customers on future problems and repairs that might need to be addressed.
  • Supervised up to 15 employees as a Foreman for Ironworkers on night shift.
  • Resigned due to injury 1001 West 15th Street Riviera Beach, FL Journeyman Ironworker/Certified Welder closing salary $35,000.

Work history example #3

Farmer

Natomas Unified School District Financing

  • Organized field plot information by processing tractor GPS reports and reconciling records with paperwork
  • Translated Produce Plus information to Chinese for Chinese-speaking customers at USDA Market.
  • Operated tractors, bobcats, and an array of power tools.
  • Started seedlings in a greenhouse.
  • Feed animals, construction, tractor operator, logging, lawn care, cleaning and transportation.

Work history example #4

Aluminum Welder

Matrix Service

  • Worked from blueprints, layout and fitting and performed MIG, TIG and Stick welding of mild and stainless steel.
  • Welded cut steel and fabricated steel on fuel storage tanks using 60/1870/18 SMAW.
  • Assisted in the layout of all new storage tanks.
  • Fabricated parts and equipment using GTAW process on thin metals such as aluminum & other precious metals.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Some College Courses in precision metal working

Mississippi College, Clinton, MS

2016 - 2016

Some College Courses in precision metal working

Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI

2010 - 2010

Highlight your combo welder certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your combo welder resume:

  1. Certified Welder
  2. Certified Welding Engineer
  3. Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
  4. Certified Welding Fabricator (CWF)
  5. Piping Inspector Certification (API)

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