Role Overview
This welder prepares, joins, repairs, and finishes metal components used in equipment and fabricated structures. The role also helps keep work reliable and safe by checking weld quality, following technical drawings, reporting maintenance needs, and tracking welding consumables.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare metal for welding by cutting, cleaning, positioning, and aligning components.
- Join parts using suitable processes such as MIG, TIG, arc, or gas welding, according to the work required.
- Set up, adjust, operate, and maintain welding machines, tools, and related equipment.
- Read and interpret blueprints and fabrication drawings to guide measurements, fit-up, and welding.
- Inspect completed welds for strength, accuracy, and conformance with required standards; repair defects where necessary.
- Repair damaged metal parts or fabricate replacement components and structures.
- Grind and smooth joints, and prepare finished surfaces for painting or further processing.
- Follow safety procedures, submit written reports of issues requiring corrective or planned maintenance, and record daily and monthly welding consumables usage against budget.
Requirements & Qualifications
- KCSE qualification and GTT I, II, and III in Welding and Fabrication, or a technical certificate, diploma, or higher diploma in welding.
- At least three years of proven experience as a welder.
- Ability to set up, operate, and maintain welding equipment and tools.
- Knowledge of workplace welding safety practices and the ability to follow safety procedures consistently.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings and assess the quality of completed welds.
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