Job Description

Occupation Tasks

-Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
-Weld components in flat positions.
-Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
-Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
-Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
-Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux--cored arc, metal-core arc, shielded metal arc, etc.
-Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
-Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
-Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
-Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
-Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
-Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
-Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
-Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
-Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
-Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
-Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
-Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
-Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers.
-Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
-Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
-Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools.
-Fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.
-Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment.

Occupational Requirements

-Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
-Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
-Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
-Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Worker Requirements

-Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
-Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
-Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
-Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Worker Characteristics

-Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
-Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
-Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Worker Characteristics

-Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
-Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
-Self Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
-Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

Occupation Tools and Technology

-Tools - Adjustable wrenches, Bar or rod cutters, Bandsaw wheel
-Technology - CNC Press, CNC Plasma, CNC Shear, Computer aided design CAD software, Analytical or scientific software, Data base user interface and query software

Worker Requirements

-Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
-Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
-Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
-Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Experience

-At least 5 years experience required.

Full-Time position Mon-Fri (7am-4pm)
$22-$30 per hr pending on experience

Benefits:

Extended health care Dental care Life insurance
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $22.00-$30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 41.5 per week

Additional pay:

Bonus pay
Benefits:

Casual dress Dental care Disability insurance Extended health care Life insurance On-site parking
Schedule:

8 hour shift Day shift Monday to Friday No weekends
Work Location: In person