Welder / Fabricator

Use various welding techniques to fabricate metal products

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As a welder, you fabricate and repair metal products using various welding techniques.

Other related roles include a metal fabricator, who marks off and fabricates structural steel for structures such as boilers or pressure vessels. While being a sheetmetal trades worker involves marking out and joining sheetmetal to other materials.

A pressure welder assembles, welds and repairs pressure vessels and pipes, and a fitter-welder fabricates production machines and other equipment.

$85,687

Benefits

  • Variety of roles
  • Earn while you learn
  • Salary
A typical day may involve
  • Aligning parts to be joined using hand tools and measuring instruments
  • Joining metal sections using various welding techniques, bolting and riveting
  • Examining welds for width of bead, penetration and precision
  • Cleaning and smoothing welds by filing, chiselling and grinding
    • It helps to be good at
  • Physical tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Using tools and machinery

    • Qualifications/ Equivalent Certification and Experience

  • Cert III Engineering – Fabrication Trade
  • Apprenticeship
    • You may be able to work in
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Mining

    • Related roles

    • Metal fabricator
    • Builder’s labourer
    • Sheetmetal trades worker