Certified Tank Welder

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

Utilize hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

TASKS:

• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind and/or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Remove rough spots from work pieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
• 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.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with templates to ensure conformance with specifications and application of ACF Side Sill Modifications when necessary.
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications, or types and thicknesses of metals.
• Fill holes and increase the size of metal parts.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment and/or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools.
• Mark and/or tag material with proper car numbers, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Position and secure work pieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Preheat work pieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating heads.
• Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.
• Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across work pieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal.
• Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments.
• Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.
• Use fire extinguishers in industrial emergencies.
• Signal crane operators to move large work pieces.

SKILLS:

· Ability to weld or join metal components to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

· Able to stand for long periods of time with limited breaks.

· Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds and team lift up to 150 pounds.

· Work in extreme temperatures and elements for an extended period of time.

· Must be able to work in confined spaces.

· Must be able to work at elevated heights.

· Must be able to read and comprehend basic drawings and scope of work.

· Must possess basic math skills, addition, subtraction.

QUALITIES:

• Dependable
• Teachable
• Mechanically Inclined
• Committed to Personal Excellence (Safety, Quality, Productivity)

WORK ENVIRONMENT / CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

· Able to stand for long periods of time with limited breaks.

· Must be able to repetitively lift up-to 75 pounds and team lift up-to 150 pounds.

· Work in extreme temperatures and elements for an extended period of time.

· Must be able to work in confined spaces.

• Working around heavy moving equipment

· Must be able to work at elevated heights.

• Climb, squat, bend, and twist to accomplish work tasks.
• Requires the use of a tight-fitting respirator;
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