Welder Job Description:Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.Align and clamp workpieces together, using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises.Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.Grind, cut, buff, or bend edges of workpieces to be joined to ensure snug fit, using power grinders and hand tools.Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools.Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.