Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
What is a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers?
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers are skilled tradespeople who work with metals and thermoplastics to create and repair structures and components. These professionals utilize various techniques to join materials together, ensuring the integrity and quality of the final product. Welders primarily create joints by melting and fusing metals using heat, while cutters utilize tools to modify metal shapes and structures. Solderers and brazers, on the other hand, rely on the application of filler materials at lower temperatures to bond metal parts, making them crucial in electronics, plumbing, and metalworking industries. The work of these tradespeople is often essential in construction, manufacturing, and maintenance, contributing to the creation of everything from bridges and buildings to intricate machinery and electronic devices. Attention to detail, a strong understanding of various materials, and safety protocols are critical components of their profession, as the work often involves high-temperature processes, potentially hazardous environments, and the need for precise craftsmanship.
Tasks
- Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
- Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
- Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
Technology Skills
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Electronic mail software
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Outlook
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Analytical or scientific software
- Fred's Tip Cartridge Picker
- Scientific Software Group Filter Drain FD
- Value Analysis
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Data base user interface and query software
- Oracle Database
- Recordkeeping software
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Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
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Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
Tools Used
- Blow torch
- Drill press or radial drill
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
- Welding electrode
- Manlift or personnel lift
Knowledge
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Production and Processing
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
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Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Skills
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Quality Control Analysis
Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
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Monitoring
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Abilities
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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.
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Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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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.
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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 that there is a problem.
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Control Precision
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Education
How much education does a new hire need to perform a job in this occupation?
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High school diploma or equivalent
or: GED, High School Equivalency Certificate
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Less than high school diploma
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Post-secondary certificate
Awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades)
Work Activities
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Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
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Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
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Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
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Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
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Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Detailed Work Activities
- Maintain safety.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Operate welding equipment.
- Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
- Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
Work Interests
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Realistic
Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
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Conventional
Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
Job Outlook
Projected salary and job growth
$36830.0 - $72970.0
New job opportunities are less likely in the future. : Below Average
Assessment
Related assessments and tests
No assessment available.