Welder-fitter

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 32 to 44 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • or equivalent experience

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 brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
  • Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
  • Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
  • Determine weldability of materials
  • Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products

Type of materials

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

Welding techniques

  • Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
  • Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
  • Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
  • Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
  • Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
  • TIG

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Gas welding machine
  • Spot welding machine

Area of specialization

  • Custom fabrication

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Safety glasses/goggles
  • Gloves
  • Mask
  • Face shield
  • Welding helmet

Experience

  • 3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Overtime available

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits
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