Welders/Fabricators Wanted Throughout New Zealand

• Need to be familiar with several different welding techniques and equipment.
• Work with several different metals, hand tools, power tools, specialist welding tools and heavy machinery.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, suchas shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Analyse engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Weld separately or in combination, using aluminium, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
• Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across work pieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Welding or relevant experience OR qualification is preferred but not compulsory

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