How do they match: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

  • Blade Worker
  • Weld Layout Worker

  • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.
  • 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.
  • Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
  • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
  • Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
  • Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.

  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
  • Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Trim excess material from workpieces.