Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers weld or join metal parts. They also fill holes, indentions, or seams of metal products, using hand-held metal joining equipment.
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- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
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What do they typically do
- Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits, and monitor the welding process to avoid overheating
- Study blueprints, sketches, or specifications, and calculate dimensions to be welded
- Maintain equipment and machinery
- Ignite torches or start power supplies
- Examine products to find defects and to rework defective parts
- Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies before assembling them, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
- 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
- Inspect structures or materials to be welded
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +0.7%
Job Opening 1,329
Education & Training
- Education Most occupations require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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