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Work site environment
- At heights
- Confined spaces
Work setting
- Industrial
- Oilfield construction industry
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
- Read and interpret blueprints/sketches/specifications
Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesᅠ
- Pressure Welding Certification
- Welder Trade Red Seal Certificate
Welding techniques
- Resistance, spot or seam
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
- Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
- Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
- Fusion welds
- Spool
- Multipass
- Brazing and soldering
- MIG
Equipment and machinery experience
- Arc welding machine
- Gas welding machine
Area of specialization
- Custom fabrication
- Machinery or equipment repair
- Pressure vessels
- Structural construction
- Process piping
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Welding helmet
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
- Punctuality
- Hardworking
- Resourcefulness
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you live near the job location?
Employment terms options
- Overtime available
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits