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Welder helper resume examples from 2026

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

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.

Step 2: Next put your years of experience in welder helper-related roles.

Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.

Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.

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

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. 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 welder helper interviews.

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

  • Grind Welds
  • MIG
  • Grinders
  • Safety Equipment
  • Arc Welding
  • GMAW
  • Brazing
  • SMAW
  • Torches
  • Pipeline Construction
  • Flux Core
  • Flame Cutting
  • Hoists
  • Jigs
  • Pry Bars
  • Tape Measure
  • Construction Sites
  • Defective Materials
  • FCAW
  • Stainless Steel
  • Overhead Positions
  • Portable Grinders
  • Cutting Torches
  • PPE
  • TIG
  • Gas Welding
  • Overhead Cranes
  • Welding Tools
  • Safety Procedures
  • Faulty Operation

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the welder helper.

How to write welder helper experience bullet points

Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

Here are effective examples from welder helper resumes:

Work history example #1

Welder Apprentice

Metal Specialty Co.

  • Assisted break press operator in flattening ballistic aluminum armor plates.
  • Welded metal components together to fabricate and repair parts as specified by layout, welding diagram, and work order.
  • Used high psi hand grinders and wire welders and gougers.
  • Investigated and timed procedures to compare robotic welding operations to mans hours in building certain components within WOTCO's contract components.
  • Performed tig welding, Flux core, mig, and arc welding on motor shafts on a daily basis.

Work history example #2

Apprentice Pipefitter

Fluor

  • Welded project pieces to exact specifications using TIG/Structural procedures.
  • Advanced knowledge of Windows 95/98, XP, Vista, and 7 operating systems.
  • Assisted in layout for piping, hole penetrations, cutting, grinding and beveling pipe in preparation for welders.
  • Welded Aluminum, Stainless, and Steel.
  • Welded pipes using the MIG process as well as MIG machines.

Work history example #3

Welder Helper

Aerotek

  • Performed Welding using the GMAW process in Spray Transfer Mode at the Moses Lake Campus for Genie.
  • Inspected welds for accuracy and took corrective action using MIG Welder if deemed appropiate.
  • Used MIG torch to cut boiler tubes using cutting torch.
  • Operated fabricating machines including brakes, rolls, shears, saws, grinders, flame cutters, drill presses.
  • Certified in MIG, TIG, and SMAW welding.

Work history example #4

Shop Worker

Mundy Contract Maintenance

  • Shipped, assembled and packed items, strictly following all company guidelines and managerial requests.
  • Finished window frames for large scale commercial windows.
  • Advised employers of need to maintain workers' compensation insurance.
  • Sanded new car parts shipped in from parts dealer used for replacement on damaged vehicles.
  • Fostered customer service relations through open communication and satisfaction of consumer needs.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Some College Courses in precision metal working

Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI

2019 - 2019

Highlight your welder helper certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

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

  1. OSHA Safety Certificate
  2. Certified Welder
  3. Certified Welding Engineer
  4. Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
  5. Certified Welding Fabricator (CWF)
  6. Structural Welding Special Inspector
  7. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)

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