welder

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

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

Work site environment

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

Work setting

• Civil (road and bridge construction, etc.)
• Industrial
• Manufacture

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
• 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
• Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Pressure Welding Certification
• Forklift Operator Certification

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

• Aluminum alloys
• Composite materials
• Copper and copper alloys
• Magnesium alloys
• Nickel alloys
• Non-ferrous materials
• Non-metallic materials
• Plasma coatings
• Stainless steel
• Steel, iron and heavy metals
• Titanium and special alloys
• Zirconium

Welding techniques

• Resistance, spot or seam
• Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
• 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)
• Submerged arc welding (SAW)
• Electron beam
• Automated
• Electrogas
• Fusion welds
• Stud
• Tubular
• Friction
• Spray
• Welding plastic
• ARC spot

Equipment and machinery experience

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

Area of specialization

• Custom fabrication
• Auto repair
• Truck repair
• Machinery or equipment repair
• Structural construction
• Cast iron and other metals
• Mine construction
• Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings
• Process piping

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Drug test
• Medical exam

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

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