Experience required:
• AQF Certificate III and 2 years on-the-job experience or 3 years employment experience may substitute for the formal qualification.
Job Objective
• The Welder is responsible for fabricating and repairing metal products using various welding techniques.
Job Tasks and Duties:
• Studying blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job requirements.
• Selecting, cleaning and preparing metal stock.
• Cutting marked--out metal sections and shapes using hand tools, flame cutting torches and metal cutting machines.
• Shaping and bending metal sections and pipes using hand and machine tools, and by heating and hammering.
• Aligning parts to be joined using hand tools and measuring instruments.
• Joining metal sections using various welding techniques, bolting and riveting.
• Examining welds for width of bead, penetration and precision finishing products by cleaning, polishing, filing and bathing in acidic solutions.
• AQF Certificate III and 2 years on-the-job experience or 3 years employment experience may substitute for the formal qualification.
Job Objective
• The Welder is responsible for fabricating and repairing metal products using various welding techniques.
Job Tasks and Duties:
• Studying blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job requirements.
• Selecting, cleaning and preparing metal stock.
• Cutting marked--out metal sections and shapes using hand tools, flame cutting torches and metal cutting machines.
• Shaping and bending metal sections and pipes using hand and machine tools, and by heating and hammering.
• Aligning parts to be joined using hand tools and measuring instruments.
• Joining metal sections using various welding techniques, bolting and riveting.
• Examining welds for width of bead, penetration and precision finishing products by cleaning, polishing, filing and bathing in acidic solutions.
