What are the responsibilities and job description for the WELDERS position at KAD Staffing?
Qualifications
- Qualifications High School diploma or general education degree (GED)
- At least one year welding experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Successful completion of an internal welding test
- Knowledge of welding equipment and tools, including their design, uses, repair, and maintenance
- Knowledge of basic math skills
- Ability to read and interpret documents like blueprints, welding symbols safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to communicate with co-workers, supervisors and vendors
- Must be dependable. PM17 PI277881575 #J-18808-Ljbffr
Responsibilities
- Lifts work piece manually or using hoist and secures work piece in fixture or loads automatic feeding device
- Calculates and sets controls to regulate machine factors, such as wire feed speed, amperage, polarity, type of gas, and type of weld rod
- Starts machine, engages feed, and observes operation
- Inspects and measures machined work pieces to verify conformance to specifications
- Moves machine controls and guides to adjust machine
- Unload welded frames from robotic welder and place on appropriate containers
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
- Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
- Replaces worn machine accessories such as cutting tools or brushes
- Files, sands, or shapes machined parts
- Maintains accurate counts of parts; attaches labels or tags to finished part containers identifying customer, part number, quantity and shop order information
- Performs basic MIG and TIG welding techniques as needed
- Maintains company quality, efficiency, and productivity standards
- Reads job specifications (e.g. blueprints, quality control plans and/or traveler notes) to determine type of welding and material requirements
- Uses equipment and supplies to perform work in accordance with operational standards
- Examines finished work pieces to verify conformance with spec according to operator inspection sheet, quality control plans and/or customer notes using instruments such as gauges
- Reports defective materials or questionable conditions to the Robotic Welding Manager
- Performs prescribed preventative maintenance on equipment and machines
- Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition