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

  • Induction Heating Equipment Setter

  • 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.

  • Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
  • Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
  • Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
  • Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
  • Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
  • Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  • Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
  • Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.
  • Adjust flow of electricity to tools or production equipment.
  • Apply solutions to production equipment.
  • Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
  • Clean production equipment.
  • Conduct test runs of production equipment.
  • Design tools, fixtures, or other devices for production equipment.
  • Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Lubricate production equipment.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Operate cutting equipment.
  • Operate grinding equipment.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.