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Automation Squad

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AI for Welding Machine Operators

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · O*NET 51-4122.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

8 of 10tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

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The tools this job actually uses

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What this job involves

29 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  2. Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
  3. Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
  4. Record operational information on specified production reports.
  5. Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
  6. Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
  7. Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.
  8. Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
  9. Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
  10. Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
  11. Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating or cooling cycles, or shut-off.
  12. Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.
  13. Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
  14. Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
  15. Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
  16. Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
  17. Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
  18. Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
  19. Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
  20. Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
  21. Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
  22. Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.
  23. Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
  24. Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
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