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

  • Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

  • Machine Operator
  • Acetylene Operator
  • Acetylene Torch Operator
  • Basin Finish Operator
  • Blow Torch Operator
  • Brazing Furnace Operator
  • Cutting Torch Operator
  • Gas Burner Operator
  • Induction Heating Equipment Setter
  • Oxyacetylene Torch Operator
  • Shotweld Operator
  • Sub Arc Operator
  • Torch Operator
  • Unionmelt Operator
  • Welder Operator
  • Welding Setter

  • Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines, such as brakes and shears.
  • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
  • Grind, cut, buff, or bend edges of workpieces to be joined to ensure snug fit, using power grinders and hand tools.
  • Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.
  • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.
  • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
  • Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
  • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
  • 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.

  • Operate grinding equipment.
  • Operate firefighting equipment.
  • Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.