Welder-fitter

• Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications
  
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), plasma arc welding (PAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), oxy-acetylene welding (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)
  
• Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
  
• Operate brazing and soldering equipment
  
• Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines
  
• Repair worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers.
  
• Operate previously set up welding machines such as spot, butt and seam resistance or gas and arc welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts
  
• Operate previously set up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal parts or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal articles with solder
  
• Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line
  
• Assist with the maintenance and repair of welding, brazing and soldering equipment
  
• May adjust welding heads and tooling according to work specifications.
  
  

Requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
  
• Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over three years of work experience in the trade and some college or industry courses in welding is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
  
• Trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.
  
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified welders upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
  
  

Benefits

• To be discussed during the interview.