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QPS Employment Group
Skilled - Welder
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What they do
A Welder or Solderer uses welding equipment to solder or heat and bind pieces of metal together.
$44,819 / year median in Missouri
+2% projected growth
Job Description
Job Description Position Title:
Welder Wage:
$28.00- $35.
Shift:
1st or 2ndHours:
6:00am- 4:30pm (Monday
- Friday) or 4:00pm
- 4:30am (Monday
- Thursday) Are your skills not being fully utilized?
Welder Responsibilities:
- Fabricate advanced parts / weldments according to blueprints and drawings
- Fabricate advanced part/weldments by using equipment to clean, prepare, cut, burn, and weld pieces, setting up and measuring assemblies
- Verify welding results by inspecting and testing welds
- Update job knowledge by participating in company provided training opportunities
- Perform MIG and TIG welding on aluminum, steel, and stainless steel Requirements for
Welder:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- At least five years of experience in the metal fabrication and welding industry with a practical working knowledge of the GMAW and STAW processes
- Ability pass AWS 3G plate (vertical uphill and downhill), 6G pipe, both using the GMAW and GTAW processes for aluminum and carbon steel
- Possess a strong working knowledge of fabrication equipment to include but not limited to basic calibrated tools (tape measure, caliper, angle finder, etc.) hand tools, powered metal working machinery
- Advanced knowledge of layout techniques
- Ability to read and interpret instructions
- Ability to read and interpret advanced blueprints
- Ability to know advanced measurements, and basic shop math, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals
- Ability to solve advanced problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written or oral form
- Ability to be certified to specifications of the AWS and in-house CWI
- Ability to lead a team through a job while meeting all expectations of safety, quality, and effectiveness
- Ability to apply principles of metallurgy preheating and post heating
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