WELDER

Minimum Education Requirements: Associate Degree and specific industry related Certifications. Apprenticeship opportunities may also be available.

Welders provide a wide variety of services related to the natural gas and crude oil industry including manufacturing, maintenance, and fabrication of drilling and well servicing equipment. They also help to build storage tanks, separators, and other production related vessels. Some welders work inside while other welders work outdoors on pipeline projects, wellhead and production pad construction.