welder

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English or French
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years

Tasks

• Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
• Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications
• Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
• 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
• 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
• Select dies for forging according to specifications
• Position, align and bolt dies to ram and anvil

Type of materials

• Aluminum alloys
• Composite materials
• Stainless steel
• Steel, iron and heavy metals

Type of product

• Ornamental ironwork

Welding techniques

• Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
• Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
• Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
• Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
• Plasma arc welding (PAW)
• Submerged arc welding (SAW)

Equipment and machinery experience

• Arc welding machine
• Brazing machine
• Butt or seam resistance welding machine
• Soldering machine
• Spot welding machine
• Power tools
• Hand tools

Area of specialization

• Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings
• Wrought iron fixtures
• Fences
• Fabricate and repair ornamental iron and non-ferrous components
• Construction
• Blasting

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Handling heavy loads
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Work under pressure
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Accurate