Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies.

• Billet Assembler
• Brazer, Controlled Atmospheric Furnace
• Brazer, Furnace
• Brazer, Induction
• Brazing-Machine Operator
• Brazing-Machine Setter
• Laser-Beam-Machine Operator
• Lead Burner, Machine
• Reflow Operator
• Setter, Induction-Heating Equipment
• Solder Deposit Operator
• Solderer
• Type-Soldering-Machine Tender
• Wave-Soldering Machine Operator
• Welder Setter, Electron-Beam Machine
• Welder Setter, Resistance Machine
• Welder, Explosion
• Welding-Machine Operator, Arc
• Welding-Machine Operator, Electron Beam
• Welding-Machine Operator, Electroslag
• Welding-Machine Operator, Friction
• Welding-Machine Operator, Gas
• Welding-Machine Operator, Resistance
• Welding-Machine Operator, Thermit
• Welding-Machine Operator, Ultrasonic
• Welding-Machine Tender

• Add chemicals and materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
• Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.
• Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
• Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
• Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
• Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering or brazing; make necessary adjustments to equipment.
• Correct problems by adjusting controls, or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
• Devise and build fixtures and jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering.
• Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.
• Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux, or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.
• Give directions to other workers regarding machine setup and use.
• Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.
• Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
• Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements as necessary.
• Load or feed workpieces into welding machines in order to join or bond components.
• Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, and scribes.
• Observe meters, gauges, and machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
• Prepare metal surfaces and workpieces, using hand-operated equipment such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
• Read blueprints, work orders, and production schedules to determine product or job instructions and specifications.
• Record operational information on specified production reports.
• Remove workpieces and parts from machinery after work is complete, using hand tools.
• Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, and wire, according to metal types and thicknesses, data charts, and records.
• Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, and stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating/cooling cycles, and shut-off.
• Set up, operate, and tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
• Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.
• Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
• Transfer components, metal products, and assemblies, using moving equipment.
• Turn and press knobs and buttons, or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.

• adjust production equipment/machinery setup
• braze metal parts or components together
• clean equipment or machinery
• clean or degrease weld, or parts to be welded or soldered
• demonstrate or explain assembly or use of equipment
• examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
• fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
• install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
• lay out machining, welding or precision assembly projects
• load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
• maintain production or work records
• monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
• move or fit heavy objects
• operate hoist, winch, or hydraulic boom
• operate metal or plastic fabricating equipment/machinery
• perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
• position, clamp or assemble workpiece prior to welding
• preheat metal before welding, brazing, or soldering
• read blueprints
• read production layouts
• read specifications
• read technical drawings
• read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• recognize characteristics of metals
• set up computer numerical control machines
• set up production equipment or machinery
• solder metal parts or components together
• test manufactured products or materials
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use acetylene welding/cutting torch
• use hand or power tools
• use non-destructive test equipment
• use precision measuring tools or equipment
• use spot or tack welding techniques
• weld together metal parts, components, or structures