Human Resources Division

Management Version 1.0

Date: 20 Mar 2008
Job Description Form

Job Title: WELDER Job Family: Craft Precision, Repair & Maintenance
Job Summary: Welds together metal components of products with brazing and variety of arc and gas welding
equipment such as pipelines, automobiles, boilers, ships, aircraft, and mobile homes by performing the following
duties.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

 Obtains specified electrode and inserts electrode into portable holder or threads consumable electrode wire
through portable welding gun.
 Connects cables from welding unit to obtain amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse, as specified by Welding
Engineer or Welding Technician.

 Starts power supply to produce electric current.

 Strikes (forms) arc which generates heat to melt and deposit metal from electrode to work piece and join
edges of work piece.
 Manually guides electrode or gun along weld line, maintaining length of arc and speed of movement to form
specified depth of fusion and bead, as judged from color of metal, sound of weld, and size of molten puddle.

 Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions.

 Examines weld for bead size and other specifications.

 Applies filler rod manually to supply weld metal.

 Cleans or degreases weld joint or work piece.

 Repairs broken or cracked parts and fills holes.

 Prepares broken parts for welding by grooving surfaces.

 Chips off excess weld, slag, and spatter.

 Preheats work piece with hand torch or heating furnace.

 Positions and clamps work pieces together or assembles them in jig or fixture.

 Tacks assemblies together.

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 Human Resources Division
Management Version 1.0
Date: 20 Mar 2008
Job Description Form

Qualification
Education:

Diploma in welding techniques

Experience:

6 month to one year as welder

Competencies
Proficiency Level
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DONE BY PAUL BASSIL

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