Welder
Island Welding Shop
Virac, Philippines
06 2003 - 06 2008
- Observed company-established policies and health and safety requirements across workstations.
- Performed high quality repairs on heavy duty steel equipment.
- Used grinder and air arc, removing and repairing weak welds to meet quality guidelines.
- Read and interpreted engineering drawings and work instructions to identify project requirements.
- Detected welding defects and performed required repairs.
- Interpreted verbal and written instructions from work orders and welding blue prints.
- Performed daily machine and tool checks for issues, reporting defects immediately
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc-welding equipment.
- Read and interpreted engineering drawings and blueprints to perform welding according to task specifications.
- Verified correct metal temperature to avoid warping, shrinkage or distortion.
- Interpreted engineering blueprints to meet exact job specifications.
- Removed rough spots from work pieces with portable grinders, hand files and scrapers.
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.