Welder
Hybrid-based
ONET: 51-4121.00
1
Years
24
Skills
270h
Related instructions
2000h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- Welding Blueprint Reading
- Cutting Processes For Welding
- Gas Metal Arc Welding
- Gas Metal Arc Welding II
- Welding Layout and Calculations
- Welding Inspection and Qualification
- Welding Metallurgy
- General Industrial Safety/OSHA10
On-the-job training
- Work Process A
- Work Process B
- Work Process C
- Work Process D
- Work Process E
- Work Process F
- Safety
- Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
- Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.
- Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies.
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
- Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas. Pass forklift safety test.
- Welding
- GMAW (Mig) weld components in flat, vertical and out of position configurations.
- Weld separately or in combination, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
- Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
- Align and clamp workpieces together, using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises.
- Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
- Clean production equipment.
- Cutting
- Ignite, set flame and operate oxy-acetylene cutting torches with proper flame adjustment.
- Set up and operate hand plasma equipment
- Quality and Inspection
- Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
- Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Record operational or production data.
- Notify supervision of defects found in materials or workmanship, following procedures.
- Blueprint and Layout
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material
- safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.
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