Occupation information for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: 1 to 12 months on-the-job training

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• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
• 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.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.

Tools:

• Blow torch
• Drill press or radial drill
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
• Power saws
• Welding masks

Technology:

• Analytical or scientific software
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Computer aided design CAD software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Electronic mail software

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