Overview
Other trades certificate or diploma
2 years to less than 3 years
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