How do they match: Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Arc and Gas Welder

  • Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

  • Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
  • Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
  • Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
  • Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
  • Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
  • Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
  • Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  • Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.
  • Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
  • Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.

  • Assemble metal or plastic parts or products.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.