Overview

Languages

• English

Education

• Registered Apprenticeship certificate

Experience

• 5 years or more
• On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• Work site environment
• Noisy

Work setting

• Manufacture

Responsibilities

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
• Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
• Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
• Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
• Determine weldability of materials
• Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
• 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
• Credentials
• Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
• Pressure Welding Certification
• Welder Trade Red Seal Certificate
• Experience and specialization
• Type of materials
• Aluminum alloys
• Copper and copper alloys
• Non-ferrous materials
• Non-metallic materials
• Stainless steel
• Steel, iron and heavy metals
• Welding techniques
• Resistance, spot or seam
• Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
• Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
• Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
• Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
• Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
• Plasma arc welding (PAW)
• Submerged arc welding (SAW)
• Fusion welds
• Spool
• Friction
• Multipass
• Spray
• Brazing and soldering
• ARC spot
• Equipment and machinery experience
• Arc welding machine
• Brazing machine
• Butt or seam resistance welding machine
• Gas welding machine
• Soldering machine
• Spot welding machine
• Electrical wiring devices
• Area of specialization
• Custom fabrication
• Pressure vessels
• Large diameter pipelines
• Structural construction
• Factory assembly
• Process piping

Additional information

• 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
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Weight handling
• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
• Own tools/equipment
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Welding helmet

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Team player
• Punctuality
• Hardworking

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
• Long term benefits
• Long-term care insurance
• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available