How do they match: Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Assembler
  • Billet Assembler

  • Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

  • Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
  • Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
  • Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
  • Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  • Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
  • Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.

  • Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
  • Assemble metal or plastic parts or products.
  • Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
  • Lay out parts to prepare for assembly.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.