Welders use manual or automated equipment to join and cut metal and to fill holes, indents, or seams in metals. Welding must read and interpret blueprints and diagrams to create, repair, and install metal products. They must also ensure that they keep adequate maintenance records on tools and maintain a safe environment.
Responsibilities: Welders are responsible for installing and repairing equipment to the best quality possible. They must perform jobs to the specifications on design plans and blueprints. Welders must use angles and mathematics to install metals properly. They need to maintain records of maintenance to ensure there is a safe workplace.
Education Requirements:
Recommended High School Courses:
Welding
Mechanics
Mathematics
Sciences
Agricultural Education
Education/Training:
Welding Apprenticeship/Certification
Highschool diploma
Suggested Professional Organizations and Associations:
American Welding Society
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices
Welding Research Council
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