2nd Shift
Summary
The QC Tech / Welder tests and inspects products at various stages of the production process to maintain quality and reliability standards while also performing production welding duties as needed. This position works from engineering drawings, welding diagrams, layouts, and work orders to inspect and weld parts according to specifications.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Welders position parts in jigs or fixtures on bench or floor, or clamps parts together along layout marks.
- Selects torch, torch tip, filler rod and flux, according to blueprints or type and thickness of metal.
- Connects regulator valves and hoses to oxygen and fuel gas cylinders, and welding torch.
- Turns regulator valves to activate flow of gases, lights torch and adjusts gas mixture and pressure, to obtain desired flame.
- Holds torch at proper angle to metal and guides along weld joint, applying filler rod to molten area to form weld.
- Examines weld for bead size and other specifications.
- Welders repair broken or cracked metal objects, fills holes, and builds up metal parts.
- Applies flux to work piece instead of filler rod.
- Preheats work piece in furnace or with torch.
- Lays out, positions, and tack welds work pieces.
- Welds along vertical or overhead weld lines.
- Scarfs or grooves weld prior to applying filler metal.
- Chips or grinds off excess weld, slag, or spatter.
- Cleans or degreases parts.
- Enters labor and parts completed into manufacturing database.
- Welders follow all safety policies and procedures.
- Interprets engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas and confers with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards.
- Selects products for tests at specified stages in production process, and tests products for variety of qualities such as lengths, diameters, thicknesses, end preparations, finishes, hole alignments, grove dimensions, tap locations and sizes, or any other material or workmanship which may be defective or unacceptable.
- Utilizes hand measuring equipment as well as computer-aided equipment: micrometers, height gauges, check pins, and gauges.
- Compares dimensions on final shop drawings or work order for compliance of length, diameter, wall thickness, end preparations, collars, hole alignment, coupling size and location, and weld reliability.
- Maintains files of inspection, rejection, and defective product.
- Investigates causes of defective parts and implements corrective action.
- Recommends modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
- Prepares graphs or charts of data or enters data into computer for analysis.
- Follows all safety policies and procedures.
Education and/or Experience
- Associate’s degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.