Welder
Hybrid-based
ONET: 51-4121.00
1
Years
74
Skills
2000h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- Gas Metal Arc Welding Ferrous I
- Gas Metal Arc Welding Ferrous II
- Welding Print Basics
- Industrial Safety
- Flux Cored Arc Welding I
- Gas Metal Arc Welding Non-Ferrous II
- Welding Print Principles
- Specialized Welding
- Gas Metal Arc-Flux Cored Arc Welding Pipe II
- Weld Quality
- Arc Welding I
- Advanced Arc Welding
- Welding Metallurgy
On-the-job training
- Welding & Shop Safety
- Identify shop hazards and explain the necessary steps to avoid personal injury or property damage: Struck-By Hazards, Caught-In-Between Hazards, Electrical Hazards
- Demonstrate the proper selection and operation of a fire extinguisher
- Utilize personal protective equipment such as Welders Helmet and explain their use in the shop and the importance of that use
- Demonstrate how to protect your hands from the hazards found in a shop
- Describe how to properly lift a heavy object and demonstrate the process
- Demonstrate the safe use and proper maintenance of pneumatic and hydraulic tools
- Demonstrate understanding of Accidents: Causes and Results
- Properly demonstrate knowledge of Elevated Work and Fall Protection
- Safely manage use of Ladders and Stairs
- Safely utilize Scaffolds
- Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
- Identify Other Job-Site Hazards
- Haz-Mat
- Maintain, understand, and follow material safety data sheets (MSDS).
- Read and interpret the appropriate MSDS for proper hazard recognition and safety precautions
- Construction Math
- Demonstrate ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications.
- Demonstrate the ability to read, understand, and follow BIM Execution Plans provided by A/E/C or generated in-house.
- Demonstrate the ability to read and understand all project submittal documentation for equipment and materials.
- Demonstrate the ability to source, assemble, read, and understand equipment installation and operation data to verify physical dimensions and clearances of equipment and materials to be designed, detailed, or coordinated.
- Draw rough sketches and detailed scale plans for piping, duct, and equipment based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets, and other data.
- Demonstrate the ability to model mechanical duct, mechanical piping, plumbing piping, and mechanical equipment utilizing Revit and following current codes, standards, and generally accepted construction practices.
- Perform routine design calculations required to size pipe and duct in accordance with current standards and codes.
- Demonstrate the ability to utilize Revit and Navisworks to coordinate the mechanical systems to avoid conflicts with other components of the mechanical systems.
- Demonstrate the ability to utilize Revit and Navisworks to coordinate the mechanical systems with other trades and within the architectural and structural components of the project.
- Participate in team coordination meetings to resolve any conflicts between systems and structures.
- Demonstrate the ability to submit requests for information that effectively documents the issue at hand.
- Demonstrate the ability to produce detailed scale coordination plans from the coordinated model.
- Demonstrate the ability to product accurate detail and dimension drawings from the model for shop prefabrication.
- Perform quantity takeoffs and organize cost data for prefabrication orders and cost estimating purposes.
- Demonstrate the ability to prepare technically accurate drawings/sketches using manual techniques with conventional drafting station/tools.
- Provide meaningful and innovative assistance to the construction management team by developing layout design solutions to construction issues/challenges, recommending alternate material substitutions or methods of installation, and applying reference reso
- Prepare technical reports and contribute to the development of fabrication specifications and other written documents.
- Know when to use measurement tools for distance, length, angle, mass, weight, pressure, volume, and/or temperature.
- Read an English micrometer.
- Match the appropriate tools to measurement needs to make a measurement based on accuracy, precision, and tolerance requirements or other criteria.
- Select, care, and use tools and equipment correctly.
- Use service and reference manuals and guides properly.
- Welding
- Weld with portable welding machines in the field.
- Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
- Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- 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.
- Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
- Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits
- Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained
- Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques
- Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
- Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
- Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
- Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
- Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
- Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.
- Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.
- Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths
- Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives.
- Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools.
- Fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.
- Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments.
- Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines, such as brakes and shears
- Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work
- Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces
- Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment.
- Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies
- Estimate materials needed for production and manufacturing and maintain required stocks of materials.
- Join parts such as beams and steel reinforcing rods in buildings, bridges, and highways, bolting and riveting as necessary.
- Gouge metals, using the air-arc gouging process.
- Mix and apply protective coatings to products.
- Operate brazing and soldering equipment
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