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Welder-Assembler

Employer

HoriZon Truck and Body Ltd.

Date Posted

August 28, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Lethbridge, AB
  • Earnings $28.00 to $40.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Sep 11, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

HoriZon Truck and Body Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • Welding technology/welder
  • Metal fabricator

Work site environment

Noisy

Work setting

  • Willing to relocate
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Installation
  • Assembly

Tasks

  • Interpret welding process specifications
  • 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 oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air), (AOC)
  • Determine weldability of materials
  • Operate hoisting and lifting equipment
  • Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing and soldering equipment
  • Test and check electrical assemblies and wiring for proper connection
  • Position, align and adjust parts for proper fit and assembly
  • Operate or tend automated assembling equipment
  • Make minor adjustments and repairs
  • Inspect finished products for proper functioning
  • Fasten parts together using fastening and joining equipment
  • Connect cables, tubes and wires
  • Check mechanical assemblies and subassemblies for alignment and proper functioning
  • Assemble mechanical parts into subassemblies
  • Assemble or connect electrical components
  • Assemble, fit and install prefabricated parts to form subassemblies or finished products
  • Read blueprints to determine work requirements

Type of product

  • Truck
  • Hydraulic pumps

Welding techniques

  • Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
  • Gas metal arc welding (GMAW)

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Arc welding machine
  • Gas welding machine

Area of work experience

Finished products

Inspection or testing specialization

  • Mechanical assemblies and subassemblies
  • Electrical assemblies or wiring

Area of specialization

  • Custom fabrication
  • Machinery or equipment repair
  • Structural construction

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Hardworking
  • Resourcefulness
  • Reliability

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

Free parking available


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Welder-Assembler 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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Spatial Perception

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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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