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Welders

Main duties

· Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications

· Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), plasma arc welding (PAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), oxy-acetylene welding (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)

· Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment

· Operate brazing and soldering equipment

· Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines

· Repair worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers.

· Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators perform some or all of the following duties:

· Operate previously set up welding machines such as spot, butt and seam resistance or gas and arc welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts

· Operate previously set up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal parts or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal articles with solder

· Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line

· Assist with the maintenance and repair of welding, brazing and soldering equipment

· May adjust welding heads and tooling according to work specifications.

Employment requirements

Welders

· Completion of secondary school is usually required.

· Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program
or
A combination of over three years of work experience in the trade and some college or industry courses in welding is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.

· Trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.

· Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified welders upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

· Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators

· Some secondary school education is required.

· Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.

· Experience as a machine operator helper may be required.

· Experience with robotics may be required