welder operator

Topmade Plastics & Neon Signs Ltd.
Calgary, AB, CA
$18-$25 an hour
Permanent
Full-time
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 40 hours per week
  • Education : Other trades certificate or diploma
  • Experience : Experience an asset
  • or equivalent experience

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
  • 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
  • Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Type of materials

  • Aluminum alloys
  • Steel, iron and heavy metals

Welding techniques

  • Resistance, spot or seam
  • Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
  • Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
  • Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
  • Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
  • Submerged arc welding (SAW)
  • Fusion welds
  • Tubular
  • Spool
  • Multipass
  • Keyhole

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Arc welding machine
  • Butt or seam resistance welding machine
  • Gas welding machine
  • Spot welding machine

Area of specialization

  • Custom fabrication
  • Factory assembly
  • Cast iron and other metals

Transportation / travel information

  • Own transportation
  • 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
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Overtime required

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Team player

Screening questions

Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
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