Welder A

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES: - Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specification. - Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas metal arc (GMAW), flux-cored arc (FCAW), shielded metal arc (SMAW), oxy-acetylene (OAW). - Operate manual or semi-automatic flame cutting equipment. - Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines. - May cut metal plates or structural shapes. May be designated according to type of equipment used as Welder, Welder, Flux-Cored Arc (welding); Welder, Gas-Metal Arc (welding); Welder, Gas-Tungsten Arc (welding); Welder, Hand, Submerged Arc (welding); Welder, Plasma Arc (welding); Welder, Shielded-Metal Arc (welding). - Observes tests on welded surfaces, such as hydrostatic, x-ray, and dimension tolerance to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications. - Inspects grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometer, caliper, and precision measuring instruments. - Removes rough spots from work piece, using portable grinder, hand file, or scraper. - Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. - Determines required equipm...