Welder Resume Example
A mid-level structural welder in Birmingham, eight years in, who started as a fitter's helper at a miscellaneous steel shop and now welds beams, columns and moment connections as a lead welder at a structural steel fabricator.
A fictional resume written by our team. The person, employers and numbers are invented; the tools, licenses and schools are real.
Why it works
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“Structural welder with 8 years in steel fabrication, the last 4 at a 60-person shop building beams, columns and trusses for commercial buildings. Qualified to AWS D1.1 in FCAW and SMAW, 3G and 4G plate, continuity current. Weld about 25 assemblies a week, with 97% of CJP welds passing UT on the first test in 2025.”
The setting, the code, processes and positions, and a quality number a QC manager can check. Those decide whether a shop calls a welder in to test.
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“Weld beams, columns and moment connections with FCAW from shop drawings, about 25 assemblies a week on plate up to 1-1/2 inches”
The work, the process, the volume and the material size in one line. 'Welded structural steel' says none of it.
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“Passed UT on the first test for 97% of complete joint penetration welds in 2025, against a shop average of 93%”
An inspection result with something to measure it against. The shop's inspector already keeps these records, so the number can be checked.
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“Cut repair grinding on beam-to-column welds by about 40% after setting up preheat and interpass temperature checks with the QC inspector”
A fix with the change that caused it, and credit shared with the inspector who signed off on it.
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“Trained 5 new hires on FCAW and fit-up, and 4 passed the shop's D1.1 3G test on their first attempt”
Training shown by what happened next. The test result is the part a foreman cares about.
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“Started as a fitter's helper and passed the shop's D1.1 FCAW 3G test after 7 months, then moved to welding full time”
A promotion with the time it took and the test that earned it, which shows the shop invested in this person early.
How it scored
We ran this example through the same free roast you can use, three times, and kept the middle result. The roast ranks a resume against a typical applicant pile and grades hard: even a resume with a number in nearly every bullet usually lands in the B range.
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Lennox Pruitt Structural Welder, AWS D1.1 FCAW and SMAW Birmingham, AL | lennox.pruitt@example.com SUMMARY Structural welder with 8 years in steel fabrication, the last 4 at a 60-person shop building beams, columns and trusses for commercial buildings. Qualified to AWS D1.1 in FCAW and SMAW, 3G and 4G plate, continuity current. Weld about 25 assemblies a week, with 97% of CJP welds passing UT on the first test in 2025. EXPERIENCE Structural Welder, then Lead Welder, Cahaba Ridge Fabrication | Mar 2022 - Present - Weld beams, columns and moment connections with FCAW from shop drawings, about 25 assemblies a week on plate up to 1-1/2 inches - Passed UT on the first test for 97% of complete joint penetration welds in 2025, against a shop average of 93% - Cut repair grinding on beam-to-column welds by about 40% after setting up preheat and interpass temperature checks with the QC inspector - Lay out and fit up connection plates and stiffeners from prints, and check my own fit-up before tacking - Trained 5 new hires on FCAW and fit-up, and 4 passed the shop's D1.1 3G test on their first attempt - Run the overhead crane and plasma and oxy-fuel cutting for my bay, with no recordable injuries since 2022 Fitter's Helper, then Welder, Valley Creek Metal Works | Jun 2018 - Feb 2022 - Started as a fitter's helper and passed the shop's D1.1 FCAW 3G test after 7 months, then moved to welding full time - Welded stair stringers, handrail and miscellaneous steel for commercial stair packages, about 60 feet of handrail a week EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS AWS Certified Welder, D1.1 FCAW and SMAW, 3G and 4G plate, 2023 NCCER Core and Welding Levels 1 and 2, 2018 OSHA 10-Hour Construction, 2022 SKILLS FCAW and SMAW, GMAW, AWS D1.1, Blueprint and weld symbol reading, Layout and fit-up, Plasma and oxy-fuel cutting, Overhead crane, Lincoln and Miller machines
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