Welder; Steel - Precision Fit & Fabrication

Skills

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Basic Steel Welding
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Grind, cut, buff, or bend edges of work pieces to be joined to ensure snug fit, using power grinders and hand tools.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
• Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
• Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.
• Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies.
• Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.