------------- Other trades certificate or diploma
or equivalent experience
Work site environment
------------------------- Dusty
Hot
Noisy
Work setting
---------------- Industrial
Tasks
--------- Interpret welding process specifications
Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
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)
Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
Operate previously set-up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal
Type of materials
--------------------- Aluminum alloys
Stainless steel
Steel, iron and heavy metals
-------------------------------------- Arc welding machine
Gas welding machine
Soldering machine
Area of specialization
-------------------------- Custom fabrication
Machinery or equipment repair
Factory assembly
Cast iron and other metals
Work conditions and physical capabilities
--------------------------------------------- Handling heavy loads
Physically demanding
Manual dexterity
Attention to detail
Standing for extended periods