About the job
Employer
COX CONTRACTORS LTD
Languages
English
Education
Other trades certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dirty
Work setting
- Civil (road and bridge construction, etc.)
- Industrial
- Manufacture
Tasks
- Interpret welding process specifications
- Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
- Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
- Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications
- Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
- Computer-aided design (CAD)
- Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
- Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
- Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
- Determine weldability of materials
- Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
- Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
- Operate previously set-up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal
- Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line
- Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Pressure Welding Certification
- Forklift Operator Certification
Type of materials
- Aluminum alloys
- Composite materials
- Copper and copper alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- Nickel alloys
- Non-ferrous materials
- Non-metallic materials
- Plasma coatings
- Stainless steel
- Steel, iron and heavy metals
- Titanium and special alloys
- Zirconium
Welding techniques
- Resistance, spot or seam
- Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
- Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
- Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
- Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
- Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
- Plasma arc welding (PAW)
- Submerged arc welding (SAW)
- Electron beam
- Automated
- Electrogas
- Fusion welds
- Stud
- Tubular
- Friction
- Spray
- Welding plastic
- ARC spot
Equipment and machinery experience
- Arc welding machine
- Brazing machine
- Butt or seam resistance welding machine
- Gas welding machine
- Soldering machine
- Spot welding machine
- Electrical wiring devices
Area of specialization
- Custom fabrication
- Auto repair
- Truck repair
- Machinery or equipment repair
- Structural construction
- Cast iron and other metals
- Mine construction
- Fencing, balconies, stairs and railings
- Process piping
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Drug test
- Medical exam
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
- Punctuality
- Hardworking
- Resourcefulness
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- On call
- Day
- Weekend
Support for newcomers and refugees
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
Support for Indigenous people
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people