Tack Welder

Looking for  Tackers experienced with Tig welding experience on carbon steel and stainless steel pipe.  Opportunities for career advancement in pipe welding. Can start work ASAP!

Location: Walker, LA

Pay: $22

Shift:2nd shift

Job Duties:

• Manually guides electrode or gun along weld line, maintaining length of arc and speed of movement to form specified depth of fusion and bead, as judged from color of metal, sound of weld, and size of molten puddle
• Obtains specified electrode and inserts electrode into portable holder or threads consumable electrode wire through portable welding gun
• Connects cables from welding unit to obtain amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse, as specified by Welding Engineer
• Starts power supply to produce electric current
• Strikes arc which generates heat to make and deposit metal from electrode to work piece and join edges of work piece
• Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions
• May clean or degrease weld joint or work piece, using wire brush, portable grinder, or chemical bath
• May repair broken or cracked parts and fill holes
• May prepare broken parts for welding by grooving or scarfing surfaces
• May chip off excess weld, slag, and spatter, using hand scraper or power chipper
• May preheat work piece, using hand torch or heating furnace
• May position and clamp work pieces together or assemble them in jig or fixture
• May tack assemblies together
• May cut metal plates or structural shapes
• May be designated according to type of equipment used as Welder, Carbon Arc (welding); Welder, Flux-Cored Arc (welding); Welder, Gas-Metal Arc (welding); Welder, Gas-Tungsten Arc (welding); Welder, Hand, Submerged Arc (welding); Welder, Plasma Arc (welding); Welder, Shielded-Metal Arc (welding)

Qualifications:

• ENTRY LEVEL ROLE
• MUST PASS WELD TEST
  Tacker Test includes:

-Tig: 2” schedule 80 in a 5 G position

-Expect to be there between 3-4 hours

 Results:

-Bent and x-ray tested

-Typically, turnaround is between 24-48 hours