2nd-year welder apprentice.

Level Up Your Welding Career: Skilled 2nd-Year Apprentice Needed

Location: Thorsby, AB (Avoid gridlock! Must reside within a 40-minute radius of our facility).

Wage: $26.00 – $28.00/hr starting rate, featuring substantial overtime options and quick wage reviews.

Hours: Monday through Thursday, 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Sick of sweeping floors when you should be welding? Trade high rent, heavy traffic, and wild shifts for our Thorsby, AB facility. We run a fast-paced structural plant hiring a driven Welder Apprentice today. While local base pay fits the region, abundant overtime and three-day weekends make this lucrative. If you have ~2,000 bluebook hours (or pure grit) and live close by, secure your spot on our shop floor.

Advantages
Permanent Four-Day Schedule: Work Monday through Thursday and own your Fridays. Utilize long 3-day weekends to hunt, fish, unwind, or complete personal tasks.

Unlimited Overtime: Don't look at base pay alone. Abundant overtime allows motivated apprentices to build huge weekly paychecks quickly.

Real Fabrication Work: Earn valuable bluebook hours on heavy structural steel builds instead of spending all day sweeping or grinding shop floors.

Full Benefits & Year-Round Work: Enjoy complete health and dental coverage, shop tools, two weeks paid leave, and steady year-round employment.

Responsibilities
Heavy Wire Welding: Execute high-volume FCAW and MCAW (flat position) on large industrial builds while training under expert journeymen.

Structural Steel Assembly: Interpret shop drawings to build heavy I-beams, tower frames, and structural steel assemblies accurately.

Precision Jig Fabrication: Fit components into custom jigs using standoff methods to reliably hit tight manufacturing tolerances.

Safety Leadership: Keep your work station clean, set up proper equipment, and enforce strict safety rules so everyone leaves safe daily.

Qualifications
Apprenticeship Status: Currently registered as an active Alberta 2nd-Year Welder Apprentice with an active trade standing.

Experience Level: Roughly 2,000 bluebook hours along with direct experience operating in fast-paced manufacturing plants.

Core Welding Skills: Proven practical skill running FCAW, MCAW, or MIG processes on heavy structural steel plates.

Commute Radius: Located within a 40-minute drive of Thorsby, AB with access to a reliable personal vehicle.

Bonus Advantage: Holding valid, active CWB tickets will push your resume directly to the top for an immediate interview.

Summary
Stop wasting effort at shops that treat you like basic labor. Join a supportive crew dedicated to signing your bluebook and helping you ticket.

Application Process:

Web Portal: Apply directly through this job listing or create a profile on

Email Submission: Send your current resume along with verified bluebook hours directly to View email address on randstad.com.

Mandatory Subject Line: Use "Welder Apprentice - Thorsby" so our recruitment team prioritizes your application immediately!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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