welder
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
Noisy.
Work setting:
Industrial. Manufacture.
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.
- Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal.
- Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC).
- Determine weldability of materials.
- Operate hoisting and lifting equipment.
- 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.
- Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line.
Type of materials:
- Aluminum alloys.
- Stainless steel.
- Steel, iron and heavy metals.
Welding techniques:
- Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW).
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW).
- Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG).
- Flux core arc welding (FCAW).
- Submerged arc welding (SAW).
- Fusion welds.
- Multipass.
- ARC spot.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Arc welding machine.
- Butt or seam resistance welding machine.
- Gas welding machine.
- Soldering machine.
- Spot welding machine.
Area of specialization:
- Custom fabrication.
- Machinery or equipment repair.
- Structural construction.
- Factory assembly.
- Cast iron and other metals.
- Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings.
- Process piping.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Standing for extended periods.
Weight handling:
Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs).
Own tools/equipment:
Steel-toed safety boots.
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Punctuality.
- Hardworking.
- Resourcefulness.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
Experience:
3 years to less than 5 years.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Health benefits:
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
Financial benefits:
- Group insurance benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days).
- Team building opportunities.
- Travel insurance.
- Variable or compressed work week.