Welder-fitter

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma


• Experience: Experience an asset

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 previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
• Weld or bolt sections together
• Lay out reference points and patterns
• Assemble and fit plates and sections to form structures
• Install fabricated components in final product
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine material requirements
• Determine materials required

Welding techniques

• MIG

Equipment and machinery experience

• Grinder
• Cutting torches