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What They Do |
Welders 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. |
| 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. |
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Where They Find Work — Top Occupational Areas |
| Fabricated metal product manufacturing |
18.0% |
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| Other services (except public administration) |
17.0% |
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| Machinery manufacturing |
12.0% |
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| Motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
4.0% |
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| Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing |
4.0% |
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| The unionization rate (40%) is close to the average (32%) for all occupations. |
| The highest concentrations (per 10,000 people) of are found in Alberta and Prince Edward Island while the lowest concentrations are in New Brunswick and Newfoundland. |
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