spot welder
Spot welders set up and tend spot welding machines designed to press and join metal workpieces together. The metal resistance to the passage of electrical current and the subsequent heat created in the process allows for the local melting and joining of the parts.
Also called: butt welder, sheet-metal welder, electric spot welder, electric arc welder, resistance welder, flash welder, robotic welder, weld technician
- 19
- essential skills
- 34
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 7212
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
19- apply precision metalworking techniques
- apply spot welding techniques
- electric current
- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor gauge
- operate welding equipment
- perform test run
- prepare pieces for joining
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- spot metal imperfections
- spot welding machine parts
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional skills
34- adjust temperature gauges
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- apply arc welding techniques
- apply electrolytes to cathodes and anodes
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces
- consult technical resources
- electrical discharge
- ensure correct gas pressure
- ferrous metal processing
- keep records of work progress
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- manufacturing of metal containers
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- manufacturing of tools
- manufacturing of weapons and ammunition
- metal joining technologies
- metal thermal conductivity
- monitor automated machines
- monitor conveyor belt
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate oxy-fuel welding torch
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform metal active gas welding
- perform metal inert gas welding
- perform product testing
- record production data for quality control
- smooth burred surfaces
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- welding techniques
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