Welding Machine Operator

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- ** Work setting**:

- Manufacture
- ** Tasks**:

- Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
- Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications
- Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
- Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
- Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
- Determine weldability of materials
- 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
- ** Welding techniques**:

- Resistance, spot or seam
- Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
- Tubular
- Welding plastic
- Brazing and soldering
- Robotic equipment and systems
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Arc welding machine
- Brazing machine
- Gas welding machine
- Soldering machine
- Spot welding machine
- Electrical wiring devices
- ** Area of specialization**:

- Custom fabrication
- Cast iron and other metals
- Ornamental work
- Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings
- ** Security and safety**:

- Basic security clearance
- Medical exam
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- 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
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- ** Weight handling**:

- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Gloves
- Face shield
- Welding helmet
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Punctuality
- Hardworking
- Resourcefulness
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- Gratuities
- ** Long term benefits**:

- Long-term care insurance
- ** Support for newcomers and refugees**:

- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- ** Support for youths**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
- ** Support for Veterans**:

- **Support for Indigenous people**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- **Support for mature workers**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- **Supports for visible minorities**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities