Welder - Janus

Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

• Weld components in flat or vertical positions.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as mig welding equipment.
• Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
• Keep work area clean and neat.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Vocational or technical certification preferred.
• Less than one year previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience.
• Basic reading, writing and math skills required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must regularly lift up to 50 pounds.
• Regularly required to walk, stand, reach and bend.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.