welding machine operator
Must-have:Security
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- Confined spaces.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Dirty.
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.
- Computer-aided design (CAD).
- 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 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.
Security and safety:
Basic security clearance.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Punctuality.
- Hardworking.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Employment terms options:
- Shift.
- Day.