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NOC 2021: 72106 / NOC 2016: 7237
Job Description

Working as a Welder you perform some or all of the following duties:

  • Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as
    • gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW)
    • gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
    • flux-cored arc welding (FCAW)
    • plasma arc welding (PAW)
    • shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
    • oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
    • resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)Arc
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
  • Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines
  • Repair worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers.
  • May maintain and repair welding, brazing and soldering equipment
  • You may specialize in certain types of welding such as custom fabrication, ship building and repair, aerospace precision welding, pipeline construction welding, or equipment repair welding

Source: National Occupational Classification (NOC)