David Brown

Welder

Vixen

12.2020 - Current

Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
Minimized warping using good fitting, burning and welding techniques.
Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc equipment.
Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
Used MIG gun arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpieces.
Maintained correct arc length and movement speed to form specified fusion depth and bead.
Managed repair and maintenance schedule to organize shop and maintain equipment.
Salvaged and rebuilt parts to achieve cost savings and reduce waste.
Conducted special welds with extremely low tolerances for industrial operations.
Assembled structural forms such as boiler parts and pressure vessels.
Operated robotic cells machinery.
Observed hydrostatic and dimension tolerance tests to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications.