welder

Education:

Other trades certificate or diploma. Welding technology/welder. or equivalent experience.

Work site environment:

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

Work setting:

Various locations. Residential.

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.
• 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.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.
• Welder Trade Red Seal Certificate.

Type of 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).
• Tubular.
• Spool.
• Keyhole.
• Welding plastic.
• Brazing and soldering.

Equipment and machinery experience:

• Arc welding machine.
• Brazing 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:

• Repetitive tasks.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Physically demanding.
• Attention to detail.
• Hand-eye co-ordination.
• Sitting.
• Standing for extended periods.

Weight handling:

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).

Own tools/equipment:

• Tools.
• Steel-toed safety boots.
• Hard hat.
• Safety glasses/goggles.
• Safety harness.
• Gloves.
• Mask.
• Face shield.
• Welding helmet.

Personal suitability:

• Client focus.
• Flexibility.
• Organized.
• Team player.
• Punctuality.
• Hardworking.
• Resourcefulness.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Shift.
• Flexible hours.
• Morning.

Experience:

5 years or more.

Employment terms options:

• Night.
• Day.
• Weekend.

Workplace information:

On the road job.

Other benefits:

Free parking available.