- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Work site environment
OutdoorsAt heightsCold/refrigeratedConfined spacesDustyHotNoisyOdoursDirty
Work setting
CommercialIndustrialManufactureMarineMilitary base or location
Tasks
Interpret welding process specificationsOperate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipmentRead and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processesExamine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specificationsOperate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipmentOperate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machinesFit, braze and torch-straighten metalOperate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)Determine weldability of materialsOperate hoisting and lifting equipmentOperate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and productsOperate previously set-up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metalMaintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
Type of materials
Aluminum alloysNon-ferrous materialsStainless steelSteel, iron and heavy metals
Welding techniques
Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)Flux core arc welding (FCAW)Submerged arc welding (SAW)Brazing and soldering
Equipment and machinery experience
Arc welding machineGas welding machine
Area of specialization
Marine repairShipbuilding and repairStructural construction
Screening questions
Are you authorized to work in Canada?Do you have experience working in this field?
Employment terms options
Overtime available
Health benefits
Dental planHealth care planVision care benefits
