Welder-fitter

Job summary

Interpret welding specifications and blueprints, operate welding and cutting equipment, and fabricate or repair metal parts and products. Inspect welds for compliance with standards and perform minor maintenance and repairs on welding, brazing, and soldering equipment.

Job details

Work Term: Permanent Work Language: English Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week Education: Other trades certificate or diploma Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year or equivalent experience Work setting Industrial Manufacture 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 Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC) 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 Type of materials Aluminum alloys 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) Area of specialization Custom fabrication Pressure vessels Security and safety Basic security clearance Transportation/travel information Own transportation Work conditions and physical capabilities Fast-paced environment Repetitive tasks Handling heavy loads Physically demanding Manual dexterity Attention to detail Hand-eye co-ordination Standing for extended periods Own tools/equipment Steel-toed safety boots Personal suitability Efficient interpersonal skills Excellent oral communication Flexibility Organized Team player Punctuality Hardworking Screening questions Are you currently a student? Do you have experience working in this field? Employment terms options Early morning Employment terms options Evening Shift Morning Night Day Weekend Overtime required Overtime available Health benefits Disability benefits Health care plan

What you’ll do

Interpret welding specifications and blueprints, operate welding and cutting equipment, and fabricate or repair metal parts and products. Inspect welds for compliance with standards and perform minor maintenance and repairs on welding, brazing, and soldering equipment.

Requirements

Requires an other trades certificate or diploma and 7 months to less than 1 year of experience, or equivalent experience. Candidates should be able to work in a physically demanding industrial environment and demonstrate attention to detail, manual dexterity, communication, flexibility, organization, and teamwork.

Benefits

• Disability Benefits
• Health Care Plan

Listed skills

• materials · Preferred
• interpersonal skills · Preferred
• Interpersonal · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Health · Preferred
• Compliance · Preferred
• safety · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Manual dexterity · Preferred
• maintenance · Preferred
• Hardworking · Preferred
• English · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Welding
• Blueprint Interpretation
• Welding Equipment Operation
• Flame Cutting
• Brazing
• Torch Straightening
• Oxygen Arc Cutting
• Weld Inspection
• Equipment Maintenance
• Custom Fabrication
• Pressure Vessel Fabrication
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW/TIG)
• Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
• Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)

Job areas

• Trades
• Manufacturing
• Engineering

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