Fabrication welder

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Manufacture

Tasks

  • Interpret welding process specifications
  • 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
  • Computer-aided design (CAD)
  • Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
  • Determine weldability of materials
  • Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
  • Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
  • Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
  • Cut materials using power tools or by hand

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Type of materials

  • Aluminum alloys
  • Stainless steel
  • Steel, iron and heavy metals

Welding techniques

  • Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
  • Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
  • Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
  • Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
  • Plasma arc welding (PAW)
  • Brazing and soldering
  • ARC spot

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Arc welding machine
  • Brazing machine
  • Butt or seam resistance welding machine
  • Gas welding machine
  • Soldering machine
  • Spot welding machine

Area of specialization

  • Custom fabrication
  • Structural construction
  • Custom fabrication and layout

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Punctuality
  • Hardworking

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
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