Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters

Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters

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

Key Competencies * Attention to Detail * Dependability * Integrity * Independence * Adaptability/Flexibility * Innovation * Leadership * Analytical Thinking * Initiative * Persistence

Representative Tasks * Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead 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.

Industry

Administrative & Support Services, Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, Transportation & Warehousing, Retail Trade,

Job Family Production

Sample Job Titles Acetylene Cutter, Acetylene Torch Burner, Aluminum Welder, Arc Cutter, Arc Welder, Arc Welder Apprentice, Atomic Welder, Bar Welder, Basin Finish Operator-Tig Welder, Bit Welder, Blade Worker, Body Welder, Boiler Welder, Burner, Butt Welder, Can Solderer, Combination Welder, Combination Welder Apprentice, Cutting Torch Operator, Die Welder, Electric Arc Welder, Electric Spot Welder, Electric Welder, Experimental Welder, Fabrication Welder, Fabricator, Filament Welder, Fitter-Welder, Fitter/Welder, Flame Burner, Flame Cutter, Flash Welder, Frame Welder Cargo Utility Trailers, Gas Burner Operator, Gas Cutter, Gas Welder, Gas Welder Apprentice, Getter Welder, Gun Welder, Hand Thermal Cutter, Heliarc Welder, Helium Arc Welder, Induction Heating Equipment Setter, Industrial Welder, Iron Cutter, Journeyman Pipe Welder, Lap Welder, Lead Burner, Lead Burner Apprentice, Line Welder, Liner Assembler, Maintenance Welder, Master Welder, Mechanic and Welder, Mechanic, Welder, Truck Driver, Mechanic/Welder, Metal Welder, MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder), Mig-Welder, Oxyacetylene Burner, Oxyacetylene Cutter, Oxyacetylene Torch Operator, Oxyacetylene Welder, Oxyhydrogen Welder, Production Line Welder, Production Welder, Rail Bonder, Retrofit Welder, Robotic Welder, Scrap Cutter, Scrap Iron Cutter, Scrap Metal Burner, Second Class Welder, Service Tech/Welder, Set-Up Welder, Mig, Tig, and Stick Welding, Sheet Metal Welder, Shotweld Operator, Spot Welder, Steel Burner, Steel Cutter, Steel Welder, Stitch Welder, Structural Welder, Sub Arc Operator, Tack Welder, Tank Truck Mechanic, Tank Welder, Thermite Welder, TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder), Torch Burner, Torch Cutter, Torch Heater, Torch Operator, Torch Shearer, Torch Straightener, Torch Straightener and Heater, Ultrasonic Solderer, Underwater Welder, Unionmelt Operator, Weld Lay Out Worker, Welder, Welder and Fitter, Welder Apprentice, Welder Fabricator, Welder First Class, Welder Fitter, Welder Operator, Welder Tech, Welder, Metal Fab, Welder-Assembler, Welder-Fitter, Welder-Fitter Apprentice, Welder-Machine Operator, Welder-Manufacture, Welder/Fabricator, Welder/Fitter, Welder/Installer, Welding Estimator, Welding Lead Burner, Welding Setter, Welding Specialist, Welding Technician, Welding Tester, Wire Welder.