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Job Details

Welder

Employer

Swab Master Ltd.

Date Posted

May 23, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Brooks, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jun 13, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Swab Master Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Confined spaces
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dirty

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation provided
  • Various locations
  • Willing to relocate
  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Remote location
  • Commercial
  • Manufacture
  • Oilfield construction industry

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
  • 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
  • Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • Welder Trade Red Seal Certificate
  • Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Type of materials

  • Aluminum alloys
  • Composite materials
  • Copper and copper alloys
  • Magnesium alloys
  • Nickel alloys

Welding techniques

  • Oxy-acetylene welding (OAW)
  • Flux core arc welding (FCAW)
  • Electron beam
  • Electrogas
  • Laser

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Arc welding machine
  • Gas welding machine
  • Soldering machine
  • Spot welding machine
  • Electrical wiring devices

Area of specialization

  • Machinery or equipment repair
  • Structural construction
  • Cast iron and other metals
  • Mine construction

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check
  • Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Willing to travel
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Willing to travel for extended periods
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Travel expenses paid by employer
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat
  • Safety glasses/goggles
  • Safety harness
  • Gloves
  • Mask
  • Face shield
  • Welding helmet

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Punctuality
  • Hardworking

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Shift
  • Flexible hours

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • On call
  • Day
  • Overtime required
  • Overtime available

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The 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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General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

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Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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