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.
  • Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.
  • Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
  • Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
  • Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating or cooling cycles, or shut-off.
  • 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.
  • Adjust flow of electricity to tools or production equipment.
  • Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
  • Lay out parts to prepare for assembly.