Earnings $30.00 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)

Work Hours 40 hours per week

Position Permanent Full Time

Job Requirements

Employer

Altyp Welding & Fabricating

Education

Registered Apprenticeship certificate

Work setting

- Manufacture
- Oilfield construction industry

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
- Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
- Determine weldability of materials
- Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
- Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
- Welding experience

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Type of materials

- Non-ferrous materials
- Stainless steel
- Steel, iron and heavy metals

Welding techniques

- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)

Equipment and machinery experience

- Arc welding machine
- Gas welding machine

Area of specialization

- Custom fabrication
- Structural construction
- Process piping

Transportation/travel information

- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment





- Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
- Punctuality
- Hardworking
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Interest in precision working to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc (GTAW), gas metal arc (GMAW), flux-cored arc (FCAW), plasma arc (PAW), shielded metal arc (SMAW), oxy-acetylene (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)

OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc (GTAW), gas metal arc (GMAW), flux-cored arc (FCAW), plasma arc (PAW), shielded metal arc (SMAW), oxy-acetylene (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)

METHODICAL

Interest in cleaning and preparing pieces for welding

INNOVATIVE

Interest in compiling information from specifications to shape metal by operating metalworking machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines; and in examining and repairing worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job

Does the idea of building projects from metals spark your interest? Does creating art and paying attention to detail intrigue you? Do you have positive hand-eye coordination? Then you may want to fuse into shape your career as a welder.

📌 Journeyman/Woman Welder (Edmonton)
🏢 Alberta
📍 Edmonton