Work site environment

• Hot
• Odours

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Interpret welding process specifications
• 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

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

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

Welding techniques

• Resistance, spot or seam
• Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
• Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
• Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
• Flux core arc welding (FCAW)

Area of specialization

• Custom fabrication
• Structural construction
• Cast iron and other metals
• Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Hardworking