Iron Solder

Flat Iron Solder

Basic function:
Solders copper coils to mix can assemblies and barrels according to production specifications.

Essential duties:

• Reads blueprints and production orders and retrieves parts. Determines required setup and fixtures.
• Cuts and bends copper tubing.
• Cleans and grinds work pieces prior to soldering for proper bonding using grinders and/or other cleaning apparatus, as needed.
• Heats soldering iron in gas fired oven and uses acid to solder bond to mix tank or barrel.
• Guides soldering iron to melt solder to bond copper coils to mix tank or barrel.
• Maintains proper iron temperature for melting of solder.
• Uses acid, soft solder, and soldering iron to solder parts together to meet quality and production standards.
• Visually inspects and washes parts.
• Operate and maintain in-process parts washing equipment.
• Moves parts to specific work area for use in production.

Other duties:

• Grinds irons for proper usage, as required.
• Maintains cleanliness of work area and follows safe work practice rules.
• Performs other production and cross-training as required.

Contacts:

• Internal:
  Infrequent (1-5%) Little or no contacts except with immediate co-workers.
• External:
  Infrequent (1-5%) Little or no contacts.

Position requirements:

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Experience:
  
  No prior work experience required.

Physical demands:

• Manual Dexterity:
  Work requires regular speed and accuracy for most of the working day.
• Physical Effort:
  Work requires a considerable variety of fairly steady active physical exertion.
• Working conditions:
  
  Continuous exposure to disagreeable features. Hazards:
  Injury may require a doctor's care. Time lost for part of a day may be to receive medical treatment.