welder

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.

Work site environment:

Outdoors.

Tasks:

• Interpret welding process specifications.
• 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 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.
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment.

Type of materials:

• Aluminum alloys.
• Stainless steel.
• Steel, iron and heavy metals.

Welding techniques:

Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG).

Area of specialization:

Custom fabrication.

Transportation/travel information:

Own transportation.

Own tools/equipment:

• Tools.
• Steel-toed safety boots.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Evening.

Experience:

1 year to less than 2 years.

Employment terms options:

• Flexible hours.
• Morning.
• Day.
• Weekend.