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Welders and Related Machine Operators  (NOC 7265)
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River Region
Description |  Titles |  Duties |   Related Occupations

Welders operate welding equipment to weld ferrous and non-ferrous metals. This unit group also includes machine operators who operate previously set up production welding, brazing and soldering equipment. They are employed by companies that manufacture structural steel and platework, boilers, heavy machinery, aircraft and ships and other metal products, and by welding contractors and welding shops, or they may be self-employed.

aviation welding technician, brazing machine operator, brazing machine setter, electric arc welder, journeyman/woman welder, laser welding operator, pressure vessel welder, production welder, soldering machine operator, spot welder, welder, welder apprentice, welder-fitter.

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Welders perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), plasma arc welding (PAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), oxy-acetylene welding (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
  • Operate brazing and soldering equipment
  • Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines
  • Repair worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers.

Welders may specialize in certain types of welding such as custom fabrication, ship building and repair, aerospace precision welding, pressure vessel welding, pipeline construction welding, structural construction welding, or machinery and equipment repair welding.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Operate previously set up welding machines such as spot, butt and seam resistance or gas and arc welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts
  • Operate previously set up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal parts or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal articles with solder
  • Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line
  • Assist with the maintenance and repair of welding, brazing and soldering equipment
  • May adjust welding heads and tooling according to work specifications.
Included Cities in Region | Service Canada Offices

Grande Prairie, Athabasca, Barrhead, Beaverlodge, Fairview, Falher, Fox Creek, Grande Cache, Grimshaw, High Level, High Prairie, Manning, Mayerthorpe, Peace River, Sexsmith, Slave Lake, Spirit River, Swan Hills, Valleyview, Wembley, Westlock, Whitecourt

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Jobs for Welders and Related Machine Operators in Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River Region

Job opportunities from Job Bank and contributing job sites are updated daily.

There are 625 job postings in Canada.

Table of job opportunities for your chosen occupation at the provincial or territorial level.
Location Available Jobs
Note: Some job offers may appear in multiple regions.
Alberta
86
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River Region
4
Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House Region
1
Calgary Region
16
Camrose--Drumheller Region
4
Edmonton Region
44
Lethbridge--Medicine Hat Region
3
Red Deer Region
6
Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake Region
12
British Columbia
42
Cariboo Region
1
Kootenay Region
0
Lower Mainland - Southwest Region
23
Nechako Region
1
North Coast Region
0
Northeast Region
2
Thompson--Okanagan Region
2
Vancouver Island and Coast Region
3
Manitoba
16
Interlake Region
1
North Central Region
0
North Region
0
Parklands Region
0
South Central Region
1
Southeast Region
2
Southwest Region
2
Winnipeg Region
10
New Brunswick
3
Campbellton--Miramichi Region
2
Edmundston--Woodstock Region
0
Fredericton--Oromocto
0
Moncton--Richibucto Region
0
Saint John--St. Stephen Region
1
Newfoundland and Labrador
15
Avalon Peninsula Region
7
Notre Dame-Central-Bonavista Bay Region
5
South Coast--Burin Peninsula Region
0
West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador Region
3
Northwest Territories
0
Yellowknife Region
0
Nova Scotia
3
Annapolis Valley Region
0
Cape Breton Region
0
Halifax Region
3
North Shore Region
0
Southern Region
0
Nunavut
0
Iqaluit Region
0
Ontario
183
Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula Region
17
Kingston - Pembroke Region
2
Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie Region
36
London Region
8
Muskoka-Kawarthas Region
1
Northeast Region
8
Northwest Region
0
Ottawa Region
5
Stratford--Bruce Peninsula Region
4
Toronto Region
78
Windsor-Sarnia Region
28
Prince Edward Island
2
Prince Edward Island
2
Québec
222
Abitibi-Témiscamingue Region
8
Bas-Saint-Laurent Region
3
Capitale-Nationale Region
22
Centre-du-Québec Region
16
Chaudière-Appalaches Region
32
Côte-Nord Region
0
Estrie Region
7
Gaspésie -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region
0
Lanaudière Region
16
Laurentides Region
12
Laval Region
10
Mauricie Region
7
Montérégie Region
52
Montréal Region
23
Nord-du-Québec Region
0
Outaouais Region
2
Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean Region
12
Saskatchewan
51
Northern Region
1
Prince Albert Region
5
Regina--Moose Mountain Region
21
Saskatoon--Biggar Region
16
Swift Current--Moose Jaw Region
1
Yorkton--Melville Region
7
Yukon
2
Yukon Territory
2
[ Source: Job Bank - HRSDC ]

Job Opportunities in the Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces is currently recruiting 2,800 Regular Force, and 5,400 part-time Reserve Force members for a wide range of careers across Canada.

The mission of the Canadian Forces is to protect Canada, defend North America in co operation with the U.S., and contribute to international peace and security. On any given day, about 8,000 Canadian Forces members - one third of our deployable force - are preparing for, engaged in or returning from an overseas mission. At home, Canadian Forces can bring the best available military resources from across Canada to bear on a crisis or threat, wherever it occurs, nation-wide.

To learn about the requirements and application process, visit FORCES.CA.

[ Source: Canadian Forces - National Defence ]

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Information for Youth and Students

Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP)

FSWEP provides full-time students with valuable, hands-on work experience related to their field of study and allows for a wealth of learning opportunities.  For more information, visit the FSWEP Web site.

[ Source: Public Service Commission of Canada ]
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