Job details
- JobBank Id: 42467749
- JobSeekr Id: 318620
- Welder Operator
- Calgary, AB
- Full time
- Topmade Plastics & Neon Signs Ltd.
- $18.00 to $25.00
- 40 hours per week
Overview
Languages
English
Education
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Other trades certificate or diploma - or equivalent experience
Experience
Experience an asset
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- 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
- Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
Experience and specialization
Type of materials
- Aluminum alloys
- Steel, iron and heavy metals
Welding techniques
- Resistance, spot or seam
- Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
- Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
- Submerged arc welding (SAW)
- Fusion welds
- Tubular
- Spool
- Multipass
- Keyhole
Equipment and machinery experience
- Arc welding machine
- Butt or seam resistance welding machine
- Gas welding machine
- Spot welding machine
Area of specialization
- Custom fabrication
- Factory assembly
- Cast iron and other metals
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available