How do they match: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

  • Gas Brazer
  • Gas Burner Operator
  • Gas Cutter
  • Gas Torch Brazier
  • Gas Torch Solderer
  • Gas Welder
  • Acetylene Operator
  • Acetylene Torch Operator
  • Basin Finish Operator
  • Blow Torch Operator
  • Brazing Furnace Operator
  • Cutting Torch Operator
  • Machine Operator
  • Metal Inert Gas Welder
  • Oxyacetylene Torch Operator
  • Shotweld Operator
  • Sub Arc Operator
  • Torch Operator
  • Tungsten Inert Gas Welder
  • Unionmelt Operator
  • Welder Operator

  • Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines, such as brakes and shears.
  • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
  • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.
  • Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
  • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
  • Melt and apply solder along adjoining edges of workpieces to solder joints, using soldering irons, gas torches, or electric-ultrasonic equipment.
  • 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.

  • Operate firefighting equipment.
  • Operate grinding equipment.
  • Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.