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

  • 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.

  • Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
  • Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
  • Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
  • Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
  • Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  • Record operational information on specified production reports.

  • Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
  • Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.