Welder

Overview

• Education:
• Experience:

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Dirty

Tasks

• 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
• 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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

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

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year
• Job Duration: Permanent
• Language of Work: English
• Hours of Work: 35 hours per week