Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine job requirements
- Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
- Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
- Prepare materials for welding
- Assemble/align materials to specification, where required
- Select, assemble and set up welding equipment and consumables
- Assemble and set up AC or DC welding equipment
- Minimise and rectify distortion
- Rectify any distortion using appropriate techniques
- Weld joints to specifications using MMAW
- Clean joints to specifications
- Ensure weld conformance
- Rectify any weld defects with minimum loss of sound metal using correct techniques and tools
- Complete weld records, where required