Day 1st Class Welder

Responsibilities

• Understand welding procedures and parameters.
• Comprehend and utilize blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical manuals, gouge, and work process instruction.
• Weld steel plates and pipes in the repair and/or construction of marine vessels, industrial components, and associated equipment.
• Use various types of welding equipment for different types of metal.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Perform related tasks such as cutting and grinding.
• Repair broken or cracked parts, fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.
• Weld metal parts together using gas welding, brazing, arc welding, wire fed welding, or TIG welding processes and procedures.
• Highly skilled welders often are trained to work with a wide variety of materials, such as titanium, aluminum, or exotic metals, in addition to steel.
• Select and set up welding equipment, execute the planned welds, and examine the welds to ensure they meet standards or specifications.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Education & Experience:
  • High School Diploma, some college or technical school certification.
  • Six months to one year of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Must pass an ABS or ASME weld test.
• Working Conditions:
  • Open-air conditions such as noisy, hot, cold, etc.
  • Must be able to stand and operate equipment for up to four continuous hours.
  • Must wear hearing, eye, head protection and proper PPE.
  • Some climbing (100 feet or higher) and lifting (50 lbs.) involved.
  • Working with hot and sometimes hazardous materials.
  • Work on inland and offshore barges or in industrial settings.
  • Enter round manholes with inside diameters of 18”, and other internally confined spaces.
  • Traverse gangways and scaffolding at varying heights.
• Necessary Equipment Operation:
  • Blow torches; motorized cutting torches; pattern cutting torches; welding torches.
  • Gas welding, brazing, or cutting apparatus: brazing equipment;