- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Dirty
Work setting
- Various locations
Responsibilities
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
- Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
- Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
- Operate previously set-up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal
- Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Experience and specialization
Type of materials
- Aluminum alloys
- Copper and copper alloys
- Nickel alloys
- Non-ferrous materials
- 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)
- Submerged arc welding (SAW)
- Brazing and soldering