TIG Welder (Stainless Steel Food Equipment)

The trailer and truck body builder in Kempton Park needs a coded welder who can hold a WPS and deliver clean, sound joints. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Kempton Park, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Grind and repair welds flagged by the QC inspector
• Weld carbon steel pipe in the 6G position using GTAW root and SMAW fill
• Set up MIG and flux-cored machines for long production runs
• Cut and bevel plate with oxy-fuel, plasma and a bevelling machine
• TIG weld stainless steel tanks and fittings with proper back-purging

• Medical fitness certificate for industrial sites, or willing to get one
• You can read fabrication and isometric drawings without help
• Valid welder coding to ISO 9606-1 or ASME IX in the processes the job needs
• Boilermaker or welder trade test certificate, or current SAIW welder qualification
• Steady hands and good eyesight, with or without glasses
• At least 2 years of production or site welding after qualifying

• Rigging or crane signalling certificate
• Experience on structural work to AWS D1.1
• SAIW welding inspector course, even at Level 1

• Leather welding PPE and auto-darkening helmet supplied
• Coding renewals paid by the employer
• Accommodation and meals paid on out-of-town shutdowns
• Shutdown bonus and site allowance for work away from home

• Expired codings are the number one reason welders are turned away at the gate. Check dates before you apply.
• If you have worked shutdowns, name the type of plant, like refinery or sugar mill. It proves you know the site rules.