Fabrication Welder

Expected hours per week: 30 to 40 hours per week

Location

860 Brock Rd, Pickering, ON L1W 3X3

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

or equivalent experience

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

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

Work site environment

Outdoors

Cold/refrigerated

Dusty

Hot

Noisy

Odours

Dirty

Schedule & Shift Details: Early morning, Evening, Shift, Morning, Night, On call, Day, Weekend, Overtime required

Start Date: Starts as soon as possible

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
• Computer-aided design (CAD)
• 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
• Program CNC machine tools
• Install exterior prefabricated products

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

Aluminum alloys

Stainless steel

Steel, iron and heavy metals

Welding techniques

Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)

Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)

Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)

Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)

Stud

Brazing and soldering

Equipment and machinery experience

Arc welding machine

Gas welding machine

Soldering machine

Area of specialization

Custom fabrication

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Repetitive tasks

Handling heavy loads

Physically demanding

Manual dexterity

Attention to detail

Hand-eye co-ordination

Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Safety glasses/goggles

Gloves

Welding helmet

Personal suitability

Team player