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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
$47.54K Median Salary 49.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.2% Job Growth
About This Career
Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
Reported Job Titles
Assembly Line Brazer, Brazer, Fabrication Welder, Maintenance Welder, MIG Welder (Metal Inert Gas Welder), Solderer, TIG Welder (Tungsten Inert Gas Welder), Welder, Welder Fitter, Wirer
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Near Vision
Finger Dexterity
Problem Sensitivity
Control Precision
Manual Dexterity
Deductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Selective Attention
Knowledge
Production and Processing
Mechanical
Skills
Quality Control Analysis
Monitoring
Technology Skills
Electronic mail software
Analytical or scientific software
Data base user interface and query software
Spreadsheet software
Office suite software
Operating system software
Computer aided design CAD software
Calendar and scheduling software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Tools
Blow torch
Drill press or radial drill
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
Welding electrode
Manlift or personnel lift
Welding or cutting tip
Welder torch
Electrode holder
Ultrasonic welding machine
Welding masks
Spot welding machine
Tungsten inert gas welding machine
Voltage or current meters
Metal inert gas welding machine
Positioning jig
Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine
Power saws
Pipe or tube cutter
Track cranes
Workshop cranes
Mill saw file
Hydraulic press brake
Threading machine
Calipers
Speed sensors
Induction heaters
Flow sensors
Respirators
Bench vises
Hydraulic press frames
Manual press brake
Pry bars
Hoists
Hammers
Power buffers
Cutting die
Safety glasses
Jacks
Pullers
Temperature gauge
Flame cutting machine
Soldering iron
Socket sets
Welding wire
Alternating current AC arc welder
Thickness measuring devices
Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories
Pyrometers
Tracer or duplicating or contouring lathe
Plasma arc welding machine
Pneumatic hammer
Protective gloves
Power grinders
Direct current DC arc welder
Laser welding machine
Punches or nail sets or drifts
Pneumatic drill
Tube bending machine
Pressure or steam cleaners
Taps
Metal stamps
Shears
Wetsuits
Protractors
Threading taps
Deburring tool
Frequency converters
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
Pneumatic sanding machines
Straight edges
Wire brushes
Microcontrollers
Metal band sawing machine
Welding generator
Tinners snips
Metal slitting saw
Hacksaw
Two way radios
Ladders
Micrometers
Screwdrivers
Tape measures
Wire cutters
Ratchets
Nibblers
Scaffolding
Levels
Hand clamps
Scribers
Utility knives
Notebook computers
Forklifts
Anvils
Power drills
Squares
Milling machines
Impact wrenches
Potentiometers
Tongs
Welding robots
Rulers
Goggles
Laser printers
Power chippers
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Desktop computers
Adjustable wrenches
Personal computers
Winches
Templates
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