welder

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Noisy

Work setting

• Commercial
• Industrial

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 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

Welding techniques

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

Equipment and machinery experience

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

Area of specialization

• Structural construction
• Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings
• Construction

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Weight handling

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week