Welder

Overview

Languages

English

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Noisy

• Commercial
• Industrial
• Construction

Responsibilities

• Interpret welding process specifications
• Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
• Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
• Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications
• Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
• Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
• Determine weldability of materials
• Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
• Operate previously set-up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
• Instruct apprentices

Experience and specialization

• Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
• Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
• Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
• Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)

• Arc welding machine
• Gas welding machine
• Spot welding machine

• Structural construction
• Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings

Additional information

• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

• Steel-toed safety boots