welder

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours

Work setting

• Various locations
• Commercial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Urban area

Tasks

• 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 brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
• Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
• 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
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment

Type of materials

• Stainless steel
• Steel, iron and heavy metals

Welding techniques

• Resistance, spot or seam
• Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
• Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
• Fusion welds
• Spool
• Welding plastic
• Brazing and soldering
• ARC spot
• Boilers

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Organized
• Team player
• Punctuality
• Hardworking