Work Term : PermanentWork Language : EnglishHours : 35 to 40 hours per weekEducation : Secondary (high) school graduation certificateExperience : 7 months to less than 1 yearWork site environment
- Noisy
Work setting
- Manufacture
Tasks
- Interpret welding process specifications
- Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
- Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
- Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and / or specifications
- Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
- Computer-aided design (CAD)
- Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
- Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
- Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
- Determine weldability of materials
- Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
- 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
- Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
Type of materials
- Non-metallic materials
- Plasma coatings
- Stainless steel
- Steel, iron and heavy metals
- Titanium and special alloys
Welding techniques
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
- Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
- Plasma arc welding (PAW)
- Brazing and soldering
Equipment and machinery experience
- Arc welding machine
- Butt or seam resistance welding machine
- Gas welding machine
- Spot welding machine
Area of specialization
- Machinery or equipment repair
- Cast iron and other metals
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Supports for visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities