- Experience required: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training or 3 years work experience may substitute for
the formal qualificationJob Objective:
The Welder fabricates and repairs metal products using various welding techniques.Job Tasks and Duties:
- Studying blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job requirements
- Selecting, cleaning and preparing metal stock
- Cutting marked-out metal sections and shapes using hand tools, flame cutting torches and metal cutting machines
- Shaping and bending metal sections and pipes using hand and machine tools, and by heating and hammering
- Aligning parts to be joined using hand tools and measuring instruments
- Joining metal sections using various welding techniques, bolting and riveting
- Examining welds for width of bead, penetration and precision finishing products by cleaning, polishing, filing and bathing in acidic solutions