About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work site environment: Outdoors. Dusty. Noisy.
Work setting: Willing to relocate. Manufacture.
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 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.
- Clean and maintain equipment.
- Type of materials: Aluminum alloys.
- Stainless steel.
- Steel, iron and heavy metals.
- Welding techniques: Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW).
- Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG).
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW).
- Plasma arc welding (PAW).
- Submerged arc welding (SAW).
- Equipment and machinery experience: Arc welding machine.
- Brazing machine.
- Butt or seam resistance welding machine.
- Gas welding machine.
- Soldering machine.
- Spot welding machine.
Area of specialization: Truck repair.
- 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 45 kg (100 lbs).
- Own tools/equipment: Tools.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Safety glasses/goggles.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Team player.
Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Experience: 5 years or more.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Overtime required.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Health care plan.