Welder
TORONTO GLASS
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Confined spaces
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
Work setting
- Various locations
- Willing to relocate
- Remote location
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Manufacture
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Interpret welding process specifications
- Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
- Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
- Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications
- Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
- Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
- Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
- Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
- Determine weldability of materials
- Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
- Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
- Operate previously set-up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal
- Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line
- Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
Experience and specialization
Type of materials
- Aluminum alloys
- Composite materials
- Copper and copper alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- Nickel alloys
- Non-ferrous materials
- Non-metallic materials
- Plasma coatings
- Stainless steel
- Steel, iron and heavy metals
- Titanium and special alloys
- Zirconium
Welding techniques
- Resistance, spot or seam
- Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
- Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
- Plasma arc welding (PAW)
- Electron beam
- Fusion welds
- Stud
- Thermit
- Tubular
- Spool
- Friction
- Multipass
- Spray
- Welding plastic
- Brazing and soldering
- ARC spot
- Boilers
Equipment and machinery experience
- Arc welding machine
- Brazing machine
- Butt or seam resistance welding machine
- Gas welding machine
- Soldering machine
- Spot welding machine
Area of specialization
- Custom fabrication
- Auto repair
- Truck repair
- Machinery or equipment repair
- Shipbuilding and repair
- Pressure vessels
- Large diameter pipelines
- Structural construction
- Factory assembly
- Cast iron and other metals
- Ornamental work
- Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel regularly
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Overtime required
Weight handling
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)