WELDERS PRODUCTION

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Assemble and weld metal parts on production line, using welding equipment, requiring only a limited knowledge of welding techniques.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Welds or tack welds metal parts together, using spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment.
• 2) Connects hoses from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas, and turns valves to release mixture.
• 3) Ignites torch and regulates flow of gas and air to obtain desired temperature, size, and color of flame.
• 4) Preheats workpieces preparatory to welding or bending, using torch.
• 5) Fills cavities or corrects malformation in lead parts and hammers out bulges and bends in metal workpieces.
• 6) Examines workpiece for defects and measures workpiece with straightedge or template to ensure conformance with specifications.
• 7) Climbs ladders or works on scaffolds to disassemble structures.
• 8) Signals crane operator to move large workpieces.
• 9) Dismantles metal assemblies or cuts scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment.
• 10) Positions and secures workpiece, using hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools.
• 11) Selects, positions, and secures torch, cutting tips, or welding rod, according to type, thickness, area, and desired temperature of metal.

Activities:

• 1) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 2) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 3) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• 4) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 5) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Abilities:

• 1) 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.
• 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) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 4) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• 5) Dynamic Strength — The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
• 6) Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without ‘giving out’ or fatiguing.
• 7) Dynamic Flexibility — The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• 8) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 9) 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).
• 10) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 11) Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Knowledge:

• 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 goods.