welder

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Responsibilities

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

Experience and specialization

Welding techniques

• Resistance, spot or seam
• Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
• Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
• Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
• Electron beam
• Automated
• Electrogas
• Fusion welds
• Thermit
• Welding plastic
• Brazing and soldering

Equipment and machinery experience

• Arc welding machine
• Brazing machine
• Butt or seam resistance welding machine
• Gas welding machine
• Soldering machine
• Spot welding machine

Area of specialization

• Truck repair

Additional information

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding

Personal suitability

• Team player