Blacksmith & Welder

SALARY

$58.91

POSITION SUMMARY

Performs various blacksmith and welding activities in the maintenance of buses and automotive equipment.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Welds, forges, heats, shapes and bends metals.

Tempers and dresses tools; fabricated and repairs springs involving tempering, repairing, potting, case and dichloride hardening.

Operates furnaces, forging machines, drop-forging machines, belt machines and Bradley hammers.

Performs heavy forging, forms heavy plates, links and rings, makes tools and tempers and heat treats new tools.

Performs electric arc welding, carbon arc welding, cutting and melting, acetylene welding, cutting and melting, acetylene welding, tungsten (non-consumable inert gas welding and metal (consumable) inert gas welding and silver soldering.

Cuts and heats ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Takes accurate measurements as required and reads and interprets blueprints and schematic drawings.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to this position are the following jobs:

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CHALLENGES

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Must have a minimum of five-(5) years verifiable trade experience in a recognized shop.

Required to submit to and pass drug and alcohol testing as mandated by the Federal Transportation Administration.

Required to pass a physical examination.

Required to perform the physical activities associated with this position.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Required to be standing operating hydraulic press, walking to and from within work area and sitting at welding table to weld small parts.

Required to lift raw materials, (up to 50 lbs.), carrying sheet of steel, converter housing, pushing welding machine, torch cart and pulling welding machine, torch cart and air hose.

Required to climb ladders, pit stairs, scaffolding and balancing while climbing ladders and stairs.

Required to stoop to repair bus floors, to retrieve broken parts, to kneel, to crouch and to craw to repair underneath bus.

Required to reach to retrieve radiance rods, small work tools and to hand burning or cutting torch, hammers, goggles and helmets.

Required to finger and to feel surface of a piece to be welded.

Required to talk and to hear to co-workers and team work jobs, while performing teamwork jobs, giving instruction and observing surface prior to repair.

Required to see and to be acute near and far to read blueprints and schematic drawings, while doing lay-out work, to observe surface prior to repair and to see dangerous situations in shop area and color vision while examining welding jobs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Must possess the knowledge and have experience in the process of silver soldering.

Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of blacksmith and welding techniques.

Must have a practical knowledge of arithmetic operations, including fractions, decimals and percentages.

Required to possess the knowledge and skills necessary to use power operated and hand tools.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Required to work occasional on buses parked in the yards inside or outside.

Usual blacksmith/welder shop conditions.

Required to work under extreme cold outside on buses during repairing on winter months.

Required to work under extreme heat inside welding underneath bus during summer months.

Required to work in wet, humid and noise and vibration conditions outside during work raining periods, body shop, carpentry shop, tin shop, ventilation system, rivet guns, welding machines and tools.

Required to manage mechanical cutting machines and hydraulic press, electrical welding machines, burns sparks from grinding metal, torches, oxygen tanks, chemical bath and heights atop scaffolding around the bus and ladders.

Required to work under atmospheric conditions welding fumes or burning rubber, odors from welding rod, dust shop floors and bus floors, mist while working on buses parked outside when raining, gases from torch welding and burning gas or argon gas and others.

EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, AND MATERIALS UTILIZED

Standard hand tools, torches and welders and soldering devices.