Jack Withers

My role here was a mix of welding and fabricating in the workshop and assisting on site with the installation and maintenance of varied products for mainly the food industry. My duties for each role were:

Welder/Fabricator

• Working to drawings
• TIG and MIG welding and fabricating on mild and stainless steel on material mostly between 1mm-15mm
• Welding and fabricating materials such as sheet metal, tube, box section, plates and flat bar
• Safely using equipment and machinery such as rolls, press brake, swager, pillar drill, band saw, plasma cutter and various hand tools
• Using these techniques to produce products such as square, round and square to round transitions, screw conveyors, hoppers, brackets and legs and various other products to what the drawing specifies

Site Fitter

• Installing various products such as filters, hoppers, blowlines, ducting, conveyors, transitions, brackets, steelwork and steel flooring
• Performing lifting operations and bulk handling using hoists and chain blocks
• Working at heights
• Welding on site to fit and modify parts as needed

Welding and fabricating bespoke windows, doors and screens made from bronze for various types of buildings such as castles, churches, manors and houses

• TIG welding common joints to make doors and windows
• Safely using machinery including chop saw, band saw, miller and pillar drill
• Working to drawings to ensure all sizes and specifications are correct
• Ensuring all bars, handles, bolts, locks and other parts are aligned and placed correctly
• Using hand tools and power tools such as grinders, drills and sanders safely
• Fettling welds

I spent 2 years as an apprentice where I went to college 1 day a week to gain my welding and fabrication qualifications and the remaining days learning on the job