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Journeyman/Woman Welder

Employer

Raise Workforce

Date Posted

June 18, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Nisku, AB
  • Earnings $38.00 to $40.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 38 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 18  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jul 02, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Raise Workforce

Languages

English

Education

Other trades certificate or diploma

Work site environment

Noisy

Tasks

  • Interpret welding process specifications
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic, fully automated welding equipment
  • Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings specifications, manuals and processes
  • Examine welds and ensure that they meet standards and/or specifications
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment
  • Operate brakes, shears and other metal shaping, straightening and bending machines
  • Fit, braze and torch-straighten metal
  • Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
  • Determine weldability of materials
  • Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products
  • Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
  • Perform informal inspections of completed welds
  • Fit and weld parts together

Welding techniques

  • Resistance, spot or seam
  • Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
  • Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
  • Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) (TIG)
  • Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)
  • Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
  • Submerged arc welding (SAW)

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Arc welding machine
  • Gas welding machine

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Punctuality
  • Hardworking
  • Resourcefulness

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Other

Use of artificial intelligence

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

  • Night
  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Journeyman/Woman Welder is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Welders
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc (GTAW), gas metal arc (GMAW), flux-cored arc (FCAW), plasma arc (PAW), shielded metal arc (SMAW), oxy-acetylene (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)

METHODICAL

Interest in cleaning and preparing pieces for welding

INNOVATIVE

Interest in compiling information from specifications to shape metal by operating metalworking machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines; and in examining and repairing worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers

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Interest Codes

Welding, Brazing and Soldering Machine Operators
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating previously set up welding machines such as spot, butt and seam resistance, gas- and arc- welding machines, and previously set-up brazing and soldering machines to bond metal parts and to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal articles with solder; and in starting up, shutting down, adjusting and monitoring robotic welding production lines

METHODICAL

Interest in comparing machine settings and adjusting welding heads and tooling to job specifications, to select torch tips, braze alloy and flux according to type and thickness of metal as specified by work orders; may adjust welding heads and tooling according to work specifications

innovative

Interest in repairing and fabricating metal parts, and in assisting with the maintenance and repair of welding, brazing and soldering equipment

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Abilities

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Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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