# GP/WBL Partnership: High School Welding Apprentice Program (Athens GA)

Career Area: OperationsJob Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. Caterpillar is partnering with the Great Promise Partnership (GP)/Work-Based Learning (WBL) programs in Georgia to offer local students an opportunity to start building a welding career. Apprentice welders will work in welding functional areas to safely build excavators or small track-type tractors. This is an hourly position starting at $13.65/hr. Must be a rising Junior or Senior at a Georgia County high school participating in the GP and/or WBL program to be considered. Watch our videoto see our team build top-of-the-line excavators and tractors. As a Welder Apprentice at Caterpillar, you will: Operate robotic and manual MIG weld machines Perform quality checks u

- **Id**: 3877185
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-gpwbl-partnership-high-school-welding-apprentice-program-athens-ga>
- **Role**: Sales
- **Role family**: Sales
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Athens, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T16:53:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T14:06:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4352
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Secondary Education, Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 176554
- **Name**: Caterpillar
- **Domain**: caterpillar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/caterpillar>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 96
- **Open postings**: 176
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.153
- **Repost share**: 0.023
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T16:53:00Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 49; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 343 · green card filings: 92; Filings 12m: 343

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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