Welder Fabricator

Welder Fabricator
Renni Equipment

JOB REQUIREMENTS FOR WELDER FABRICATOR

    • Weld components in flat, vertical or overhead positions 
    • Operate welding equipment,  safety equipment and use safe work habits 
    • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and materials prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers and rulers 
    • Assemble metal  parts or products 
    • Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications 
    • Measure dimensions of completed products to verify conformance to specifications 
    • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment 
    • Weld separately or in combination using aluminum, steel and other alloys 
    • Clamp, hold, tak-weld, heated grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding 
    • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods and flux, according to welding chart specs or types and thicknesses of metals 
    • Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks and other identifying marks as required 
    • Develop templates and models for welding projects using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information 
    • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify Lead 
    • May be required to lift & carry heavy objects, work under conditions of restricted movement, dirty environment, air contamination, intense noise and hazardous materials 
    • Analyze plans, drawings, work samples, specifications and work orders to determine work requirements and sequence of welding assignments 
    • Crosstrain and/or accept responsibilities in areas not related to your trade eg. Millwrighting, machining 
    • Repair and install equipment 
    • Design, fabricate joins various types of metal objects and structures using TIg, oxygen-acetylene and other welding techniques 
    • Operate grinders, lathes, bandsaw, overhead cranes & other welding equipment and hand tools as necessary 
    • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag or spatter. Remove rough spots from workpieces.   
    • Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected & notify operators of any malfunctions 
    • Examine finished products to verify conformance to quality standards 
    • Remove products, machine attachments, tools or waste material from machines and work area