Welder / Fabricator

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

DETAILED DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

To perform all kinds of welding, fabrication. sawing, and cutting using gas and electric TIG / MIG welding equipment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

1. Receives instructions, prints, and work orders for the job. Plans details of working procedure and tools and material requirements.

2. Fabricates materials by cutting, burning, and welding various metals. Repairs equipment by using welding techniques and appropriate welding equipment.

3. Cleans and prepares surfaces to be welded. Sets up, assembles, and tacks weld parts.

4. Builds up worn or defective surfaces.

5. Uses burning equipment to dismantle assemblies and to cut material to size and shape.

6. Keeps equipment and work area clean and orderly. Job site must be carefully enclosed to prevent injury to others from sparks and flying chips.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES :

May be assigned to dismantle or cut up obsolete machinery, setting aside parts for scrap dealer.

Other Duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS :

1. Completion of formal apprenticeship program or completion of in-company, three-year training program to satisfaction of Plant Training Committee

2. Ability to properly operate and manage necessary equipment to perform assigned Welding and Fabricating duties.

3. Performing work with significant precision and attention to detail to provide a quality product.

4. Should we add anything to this? The stuff that was in the previous JD in this area didn’t belong in ‘qualifications’, so they were moved to the appropriate areas.

Requirements :

Physical requirements

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions : Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as : preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and / or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and / or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
• Sedentary work : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and / or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• Fingering : Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Talking : Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing : Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.