A template for welders who lay a clean bead, pass the test, and read the drawing right.
Welders join metal to build everything from bridges to pipelines. You read blueprints and a WPS, set up the machine, run MIG, TIG, or stick, and produce welds that pass inspection the first time. The work spans construction, fabrication shops, oil and gas, shipyards, and manufacturing. A normal day mixes joint prep, welding to spec, grinding and finishing, and visual or NDT inspection. The role rewards precision, steady hands, and a clean test record, because one failed weld on a structure or a pressure pipe is a serious problem. Recruiters care most about which certifications you hold and which positions you can weld, so those go right at the top.
AWS D1.1 and ASME Section IX 6G certified welder with 10 years across structural steel and pipe fabrication. Holds a 98% first-time X-ray pass rate on carbon and stainless pipe and reads WPS and isometric drawings fluently. Skilled in MIG, TIG, stick, and flux-core across all positions, with a zero-incident safety record on energy and industrial sites.
Certifications, processes, positions, and a pass rate. A line like 'AWS D1.1 and ASME 6G certified, 98% first-time X-ray pass on carbon and stainless pipe' beats 'experienced welder' every time. They also scan for the material you work with and whether your tickets are current. Welding is one of the few trades where a recruiter can disqualify you in ten seconds if the cert does not match the job, so put the right one up top.
List MIG, TIG, stick, and flux-core welding, blueprint and WPS reading, metal cutting and fabrication, joint fit-up, grinding and finishing, and welding safety. Add pipe welding with the position, such as 6G, if you have it, plus any material you are coded on like carbon, stainless, or aluminium. Keep it to processes and capabilities a shop can actually use.
The biggest one is hiding the certs in a footer or leaving off the positions. A welder who lists 'AWS certified' without saying D1.1, the process, or the position forces the recruiter to guess, and most will move on. The other miss is no pass rate or NDT record, the two numbers that prove the bead holds up. Vague soft-skill filler buys you nothing here.
One page is plenty. Lead with certifications and processes, then experience newest first. List positions as 1G through 6G and name the materials you weld. Keep dates clean and use plain headings a foreman can scan in a single read. Skip the photo and the long career objective, and let the tickets and the pass rate do the talking.
Figures in USD. Ranges reflect mid-level experience (3–7 years). Senior roles and major metro areas typically sit at the top of these bands.
Fabrication shops, structural steel firms, oil and gas contractors, and shipyards want the exact certifications, the processes you run, and your test pass rate. Name your tickets near the top, such as AWS D1.1 and ASME 6G, list the positions you can weld from 1G to 6G, and call out any pipe or structural specialism. If you hold a coded ticket or a current X-ray pass record, say so on line one.
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