spot welder

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College/CEGEP

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

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
• Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
• Operate previously set-up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

• Aluminum alloys
• Steel, iron and heavy metals

Welding techniques

• Resistance, spot or seam
• Fusion welds

Equipment and machinery experience

• Spot welding machine

Area of specialization

• Structural construction

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination