ALUMINUM WELDER - 42002172 (FOR INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY)
About The Position
This is an internal agency opportunity for current employees of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Aluminum Welder position is responsible for cutting, fitting, and welding various materials such as steel, aluminum, and stainless steel to fabricate forestry-specific equipment. This includes items like aluminum tool boxes, water tanks, truck beds, skid-mounted pump units, harrows, plows, and dozer blades. The role requires welding in horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions using processes such as MIG, TIG, and stick welding. Additionally, the position involves using metal cutting and shaping devices, analyzing repair and fabrication needs, reading engineering drawings, loading/unloading materials, maintaining welding equipment, and assisting with inventory. The welder will also attend training, help train less experienced personnel, and complete work orders.
Requirements
- One (1) year of aluminum and/or steel welding or mechanical installation experience.
- Vocational/technical training in welding can substitute at the rate of 720 classroom hours for the required experience provided such training includes MIG welding, Arc welding or TIG welding.
- Requires possession of a valid driver license.
- All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile).
- Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position.
- Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to operate small forklift.
Responsibilities
- Cut, fit, and weld a variety of materials, such as steel, aluminum, stainless steel and more as part of the fabrication process, manufacturing a variety of forestry specific items of equipment, some of which are: aluminum tool boxes, water tanks, truck beds and skid mounted pump units. Items fabricated from steel include: harrows, plows, truck beds, tool boxes, dozer blades, etc. All of the fabrication mentioned requires the welder to weld horizontally, vertically and overhead with the same quality of welds. Welding processes include metal inert gas (mig), tungsten inert gas (tig), shielded metal arc welding (stick), and occasionally oxygen/acetylene equipment.
- Use various metal cutting and shaping devices such as oxygen/acetylene torch, plasma cutter, band saws, drill presses, hydraulic shears and others to make repairs to plows, truck bodies, water tanks tool boxes and other forestry related items.
- Analyze repair and fabrication work to determine the materials to use and the most efficient methods to reduce wasted labor and materials. Read and analyze engineering and fabrication drawings and sketches. Load and unload raw materials with material handling equipment.
- Maintain all assigned welding equipment. Responsible for the accountability of all assigned tools and any common use tools as they are being used. Assist shop supervisor in the accountability of shop warehouse items.
- Attend all designated training and helps to train less experienced personnel. Seek additional training and stay abreast of changes in the industry.
- Complete work orders of repaired and new fabricated equipment and accurately account for all materials used in the fabrication process.
Benefits
- Annual Boot Allotment
- Annual Uniform Allotment
- Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Provided
- Annual and Sick Leave benefits
- Nine paid holidays and one Personal holiday each year
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision and other supplemental insurance options
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition waivers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
