WELDER

This is a Washington Army National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Unit Technician position:
WELDER
Location: Washington Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site
YAKIMA, Washington 98901
Army National Guard Units
Appointment Type: Permanent, excepted service
Advertised as: ENLISTED
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Qualifications:

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
Experience or training that has provided the candidate with the basic knowledge of welding processes. Must have knowledge of technical orders, blueprints, and specifications.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
Must have at least 18 months experience or training demonstrating the application of a variety of electric resistance welding processes and equipment. Experience in using accepted trade methods and a variety of manual welding processes to weld all types of commonly used metals in various shapes, sizes, and thicknesses. Experience using a wider range of metal welding processes to make more difficult welds meeting close tolerance, strength, and other requirements. These welds may be in hard-to-reach places. Experience which allows the welder to devise special jigs and fixtures to hold the parts to be welded. Experience which demonstrates knowledge of several related trade procedures. Experience which enables the lay out and planning of work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, and work orders.

Responsibilities:

A WG-3703-10, WELDER:

• Performs welding duties using electric, acetylene, and/or inert gas shielded welding processes, pre-heating, brazing, head welding, tack welding, flame cutting, pressure welding, and heat treating.
• Uses templates, jigs, blueprints, and other guides to repair, modify, or fabricate metal items including repair of light or intricately made mechanical parts, which must fit in assemblies where close tolerances are required.
• Makes numerous types of joints using flat, vertical, horizontal, and overhead positions on light and heavy equipment such as axles, frames, gun mounts and components, carriers, tanks, metal decks constructed of a variety of weldable metals.
• Welds or reinforces heavy armor plate. Performs precision welding on jigs, dies, engineering and automotive equipment.
• Brazes dissimilar metals; flame cuts metal to size for fabrication, using regular welding equipment.
• Utilizes basic sheet metal tools and equipment such as a bender, press, roller, shear, and band saw to repair and/or fabricate a variety of equipment air conditioning and heater duct units, storage cabinets, and components for armored personnel carriers.
• Reads and interprets blueprints and sketches.
• Lays out, positions, and clamps work; selects type of rod and size of tip to accomplish weld.
• Determines heat necessary; adjusts equipment accordingly.
• Manually maintains proper speed, flame motion, tip and angle, and position of the welding flame to produce desired pattern.
• Other duties as assigned.

Salary : $33