Army National Guard Units

Overview

This position is located within the J4 at MATES, Gatesville, TX. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of welding in support of maintenance activities. Texas is one of 9 states with NO state income tax.

Responsibilities

• Performs welding duties using electric, acetylene, and/or inert gas shielded welding processes.
• Uses templates, jigs, blueprints, and other guides to repair, modify, or fabricate metal items.
• Makes numerous types of joints using flat, vertical, horizontal, and overhead positions on light and heavy equipment.
• Welds or reinforces heavy armor plate.
• Performs precision welding on jigs, dies, engineering and automotive equipment.
• Brazes dissimilar metals and flame cuts metal to size for fabrication.
• Utilizes basic sheet metal tools and equipment to repair and/or fabricate a variety of equipment.
• 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 and adjusts equipment accordingly.
• Manually maintains proper speed, flame motion, tip and angle, and position of the welding flame.