Core

• Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
• Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
• Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
• Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
• Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
• Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
• Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
• Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
• Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
• Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
• Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
• Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
• Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
• Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.