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

  • Welding Specialist

  • Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
  • Align and clamp workpieces together, using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises.
  • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.
  • Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
  • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
  • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.