Overview

Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Also Known As

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Aluminum Welder, Assembly Line Brazer, Brazer, Fabrication Welder, Fabricator, Maintenance Welder, Solderer, Sub Arc Operator, Welder, Wirer

Activities

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• Operate welding equipment.
• Maintain safety.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Select production equipment according to product specifications.
• Ignite fuel to activate heating equipment.
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.
• Determine metal or plastic production methods.
• Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
• Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
• Operate grinding equipment.
• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Clean workpieces or finished products.
• Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
• Design templates or patterns.
• Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
• Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.
• Solder parts or workpieces.
• Clean production equipment.
• Operate firefighting equipment.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
• Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.
• Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
• Repair parts or assemblies.
• Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
• Assemble temporary equipment or structures.
• Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.