welder

Your 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 brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines.
• Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC).
• 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.
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment.

Requirements

Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• First Aid Certificate.
• CPR Certificate.
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course.
• Forklift Operator Certification.

Type of materials

• Aluminum alloys.
• Non-ferrous materials.
• Stainless steel.
• Steel, iron and heavy metals.

Welding techniques

• Resistance, spot or seam.
• 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).

Equipment and machinery experience

• Arc welding machine.
• Butt or seam resistance welding machine.
• Gas welding machine.
• Electrical wiring devices.

Area of specialization

• Custom fabrication.
• Truck repair.
• Machinery or equipment repair.
• Structural construction.
• Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings.

Personal suitability

• Client focus.
• Efficient interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Excellent written communication.
• Flexibility.
• Organized.
• Team player.
• Punctuality.
• Hardworking.
• Resourcefulness.

1 year to less than 2 years.

What we offer

Health benefits

• Dental plan.
• Disability benefits.
• Health care plan.
• Paramedical services coverage.
• Vision care benefits.

Financial benefits

• Bonus.
• Group insurance benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Pension plan.
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).

Other benefits

• Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP).
• Free parking available.
• Learning/training paid by employer.
• Team building opportunities.
• Parking available.
• Variable or compressed work week.

Other

Work site environment

• Outdoors.
• At heights.
• Confined spaces.
• Dusty.
• Hot.
• Noisy.
• Dirty.

Work setting

• Various locations.
• Remote location.
• Commercial.
• Industrial.
• Manufacture.
• Residential.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Physically demanding.
• Manual dexterity.
• Attention to detail.
• Hand-eye co-ordination.
• Standing for extended periods.