Under minimal supervision, sets up and operates welding equipment.

Required skills

• Operates welding equipment.
  • MIG, TIG, and other types of welding equipment
• Operates torches, plasma cutter, grinders, brake, shear, saw and other metal fabricating equipment.
• Welds or fabricates a variety of materials, including aluminum, stainless steel and a variety of carbon steels.
• Reads Engineering Prints.
  • Understands dimensions and tolerancing
  • Verifies conformance to specified requirements
• Provides minor maintenance on welding and fabricating equipment.

Desired skills

• One year certificate from college or technical school; four years' experience and/or training in operating welding and metal fabricating equipment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Materials knowledge.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Must be able to read blueprints.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.