WELDING MACHINE SETTER AND SET-UP OPERATOR

2 - 3 Yr Production and Manufacturing Metal Fabrication Manufacturing or Production Department

Skills: Equipment Selection, Mathematics, Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Ananlysis Posted 3 weeks ago

Job Definition:

Set up or set up and operate welding machines that join or bond together components to fabricate metal products or assemblies, according to specifications and blueprints.

1) Sets-up and operates welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
2) Feeds workpiece into welding machine to join or bond components.
3) Observes and listens to welding machine and its gauges to ensure welding process meets specifications.
4) Turns and presses controls, such as cranks, knobs, and buttons to adjust and activate welding process.
5) Operates welding machine to produce trial workpieces, used to examine and test.
6) Lays out, fits, or tacks workpieces together, using hand tools.
7) Examines metal product or assemblies to ensure specifications are met.
8) Tends auxiliary equipment used in welding process.
9) Tests products and records test results and operational data on specified forms.
10) Devises and builds fixtures used to bond components, during the welding process.
11) Cleans and maintains workpieces and welding machine parts, using hand tools and equipment.
12) Adds components, chemicals, and solutions to welding machine, using hand tools.
13) Stops and opens holding device on welding machine, using hand tools.
14) Positions and adjusts fixtures, attachments, or workpieces on machine, using hand tools.

Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

1) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
2) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
3) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
4) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
5) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
6) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
7) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
8) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
9) Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of good