ICS, Inc (Industrial Contract Services)

Overview

The Welder position involves various welding tasks and responsibilities, ensuring compliance with safety policies and procedures while working on different projects with varying schedules.

Responsibilities

• Promote and comply with all Company and safety policies and procedures.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind and/or bolt component parts for welding.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment and notify supervisors.
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment using various welding processes.
• Monitor welding processes to avoid overheating or distortion of materials.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure for conformance with specifications.
• Set up and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts prior to assembly.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter.
• Analyze engineering drawings and specifications to plan welding operations.
• Connect and adjust gas flow and pressure for desired flames.
• Weld using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods.
• Prepare material surfaces for welding.
• Select and install torches, tips, filler rods, and flux.
• Remove rough spots from work pieces.
• Position and secure work pieces using various tools.
• Clean or degrease parts.
• Repair products by dismantling and reassembling parts.
• Fill holes and increase the size of metal parts.
• Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
• Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances using precision instruments.
• Signal crane operators to move large work pieces.
• Guide and direct flames or electrodes on work pieces.
• Develop templates and models for welding projects.
• Cut metal plates and structural shapes to specifications.
• Preheat work pieces prior to welding or bending.
• Use fire suppression methods in emergencies.
• Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary.
• Join parts in buildings, bridges, and highways.
• Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.
• Maintain a professional appearance.