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7265 - Welders and Related Machine Operators

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.

The occupation of Welder and Related Machine Operator is listed on the Canadian Priority Occupation List (POL). Candidates who score 67 points and appear on this list are eligible for skilled migration to Canada without the requirement of having a job offer from a Canadian employer and are able to emigrate to Canada as a matter of priority, with the potential to arrive within months of beginning the application process. Take the Canadian point test now

Tasks

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.

Specialisations

• 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

Minimum Requirements

Welders

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

• Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program
  or
  A combination of over three years of work experience in the trade and some college or industry courses in welding is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.

• Trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

• Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified welders.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators

• Some secondary school education is required.

• Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.

• Experience as a machine operator helper may be required.

• Experience with robotics may be required.

If the above NOC code 7265 for  Welder and Related Machine Operator is your current occupation then you have a very good chance of qualifying for a skilled Canadian visa. For more detailed visa information, please complete a no obligation Online Assessment and select a call back time when a Visa Bureau migration consultant will call you and explain the migration process in detail.

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Welder and Related Machine Operator jobs Canada - if your profession is Welder and Related Machine Operator as described above then there is a good chance that the Canadian Visa Bureau can help you find a job in Canada. There are jobs available now in your occupation but you will require a Canadian visa to work in Canada. Take the Skilled visa online assessment to see if you qualify.