Welders

NOC

72106

- Welders and related machine operators

use a variety of welding processes to join metal. They work in many industries, including construction, manufacturing and industrial repair.

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Full NOC Description

Welders operate welding equipment to weld ferrous and non-ferrous metals. This unit group also includes machine operators who operate previously set up production welding, brazing and soldering equipment. They are employed by companies that manufacture structural steel and platework, boilers, heavy machinery, aircraft and ships and other metal products, and by welding contractors and welding shops, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Main Duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Welders

Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications

Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), plasma arc welding (PAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), oxy-acetylene welding (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)

Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment

Operate brazing and soldering equipment

Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines

Repair worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers.

Welders may specialize in certain types of welding such as custom fabrication, ship building and repair, aerospace precision welding, pressure vessel welding, pipeline construction welding, structural construction welding, or machinery and equipment repair welding.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators

Operate previously set up welding machines such as spot, butt and seam resistance or gas and arc welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts

Operate previously set up brazing or soldering machines to bond metal parts or to fill holes, indentations and seams of metal articles with solder

Start up, shut down, adjust and monitor robotic welding production line

Assist with the maintenance and repair of welding, brazing and soldering equipment

May adjust welding heads and tooling according to work specifications.

Also Known As

aviation welding technician
brazing machine operator
brazing machine setter
electric arc welder
journeyman/woman welder

laser welding operator

pressure vessel welder

production welder

soldering machine operator

spot welder

submerged arc welder

welder

welder apprentice

welder-fitter

Requirements

Employment Requirements

Welders

Completion of secondary school is usually required.

Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program or A combination of over three years of work experience in the trade and some college or industry courses in welding is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.

Trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.

Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified welders upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators

Some secondary school education is required.

Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.

Experience as a machine operator helper may be required.

Experience with robotics may be required.

Provincial Regulation

Provincially Regulated: Yes
Compulsory: No
Red Seal: Yes

Regulation Body

Skilled Trades NB

Employment by Gender

The following graph shows the percentage of men and women working in this occupation in New Brunswick.

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2.3%

Women

97.7%

Men

Employment by age

The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons working in this occupation in New Brunswick by age group.

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15.8%

15-24

25.2%

25-34

19.2%

35-44

21.5%

45-54

14.3%

55-64

4.0%

65+

Employment by highest level of education

The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons working in this occupation in New Brunswick by highest level of education achieved.

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5.5%

No Certificate, Diploma or Degree

11.8%

High School, Diploma or Equivalent

30.7%

Apprenticeship or Trades Certificate or Diploma

52.0%

College or University Below Bachelor Level

0.0%

University - Bachelor Level or Above

Employment by Industry

The following graph shows the industry groups in which the largest shares of persons working in this occupation in New Brunswick are employed. Small percentages for all top three industry groups may suggest employment for this occupation is widely distributed amongst many industry groups.

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38.8%

Manufacturing

27.6%

Other services (except public administration)

16.1%

Construction

17.5%

All Other Industries

Employment by Economic Regions

The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons employed in this occupation in New Brunswick by which economic region they reside in.

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34.30%

Northeast

20.90%

Southeast

21.10%

Southwest

6.90%

Central

16.90%

Northwest

Economic Regions

The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.

Annual Average Salary by Economic Regions

The following graph shows the average salary of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.

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$50,000

Northeast

$53,600

Southeast

$58,800

Southwest

$58,000

Central

$52,800

Northwest

Economic Regions

Hourly Median Wages by Economic Regions

The following represents the median hourly wage of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.

Salary

The following shows the average salary of everyone who worked full-time and year-round in this occupation across each of the Atlantic Provinces and nationally.

Employment Outlook

The following represents the number of job openings that are expected to occur in this occupation over the next three and ten years respectively, broken down by openings expected to result from growth (“new jobs”) and openings expected to result from attrition (death and retirements).

Occupational Profiles

Welders

- Welders and related machine operators

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Southwest

Central

Northwest

New Brunswick

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Three Year Outlook

Total Openings: 3-Year

New Jobs: 3-Year

Retirements/Deaths: 3-Year

Ten Year Outlook

Total Openings: 10-Year

New Jobs: 10-Year

Retirements/Deaths: 10-Year