welder apprentice

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)

• 1st Period Apprentice

Additional Skills

• Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
• Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications

Area of Specialization

• Space equipment
• Factory assembly
• Aircraft manufacturing

Weight Handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Welding Techniques

• Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
• Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
• Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)

Work Setting

• Manufacture
• Industrial
• Aerospace

Specific Skills

• Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
• Interpret welding process specifications
• Determine weldability of materials
• 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

Type of Materials

• Stainless steel
• Aluminum alloys
• Non-ferrous materials

Benefits

• Medical Benefits
• Group Insurance Benefits
• Life Insurance Benefits
• Other Benefits