Top skills for Welder jobs
Based on 517 active Welder postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Welder postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Welding93%
- Blueprints57%
- Steel36%
- Manufacturing36%
- Supervision19%
- Reimbursement18%
- Welding Techniques16%
- Carbon15%
- Cranes14%
- Work Orders14%
- Grinding14%
- Life Insurance14%
- Disabilities13%
- Construction13%
- Arc Welding12%
- Ladders12%
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)12%
- Safety Procedures11%
- Metals11%
- Calipers9%
- Clamps9%
- Metal Fabrication9%
- Piping9%
- Welding Machines9%
- Welding Procedures9%
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