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

  • Machine Operator

  • Align and clamp workpieces together, using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises.
  • Grind, cut, buff, or bend edges of workpieces to be joined to ensure snug fit, using power grinders and hand tools.
  • Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines, such as brakes and shears.
  • Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
  • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools.

  • Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.