Overview

Other trades certificate or diploma

2 years to less than 3 years

  • Gas welding machine
  • Butt or seam resistance welding machine
  • Brazing machine
  • Arc welding machine
  • Spot welding machine
  • Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
  • Estimate costs and materials
  • Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications
  • Machinery or equipment repair
  • Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings
  • Custom fabrication
  • Cast iron and other metals
  • Structural construction
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
  • Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
  • Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
  • Operate metalworking machines to cut, punch, drill, shape or straighten sheet metal
  • Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
  • Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
  • Interpret welding process specifications
  • Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
  • Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
  • Determine weldability of materials
  • Cut materials using power tools or by hand
  • 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
  • Assemble, erect and install hoisting and rigging equipment
  • Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
  • Fit and join sheet metal parts
  • Criminal record check
  • Basic security clearance
  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Welding helmet
  • Confined spaces
  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Valid driver’s licence
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Overtime required
  • Industrial
  • Zirconium
  • Titanium and special alloys
  • Stainless steel
  • Plasma coatings
  • Nickel alloys
  • Non-metallic materials
  • Magnesium alloys
  • Composite materials
  • Aluminum alloys
  • Copper and copper alloys
  • Non-ferrous materials
  • Steel, iron and heavy metals
  • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
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