Yael Ramirez Molina

I got hired as a structural welder/fabricator. For the first three months, I worked on building I-beam skids for custom-ordered gas compression and instrument air packages. My punctuality and hard work impressed them, and they gave me a chance to do 6G GTAW and 6G GMAW tests. I passed both of them with ease and started pipefitting & welding for them. From 2" SCH 80 to 12" heavy wall pipe, with the requirement of passing X-ray inspection. I have over 200 X-rayed welds with them and only 3 rejections.

At weifield group I ran a small shop as i was the company's only welder. I used blueprints/drawings to weld and fabricate many different things that the company might need at jobsites to transformer racks to skids to structural support beams etc. Aswell as repairs. I welded all sorts of material, main ones are carbon steel, aluminum, stainless and galvanized, welding procedures used are GMAW, GTAW, FCAW and SMAW when something out in the field needs to be welded. I kept count of inventory that includes consumables and material. I also operated a forklift almost daily to help me complete jobs and for organization.

At merrit I used and exercised my knowledge and skills of welding aluminum with GTAW and GMAW, Blueprints/drawings were used everyday aswell as small and big hand tools battery powered or pneumatic powered drills and grinders to create saddle boxes, battery boxes, fuel boxes, etc proficiently and to expectations. Plasma cutters were also used.

At Eaton Metal, I welded and fabricated from the ground up small-large Farm storage tanks and vessels that included threaded and pipe fittings that were laid out and welded in different positions onto these Tanks/vessels. Also fabricated large walking platforms to OSHAS safety requirements, these were mounted onto the large vessels, The equipment used to help fabricate these Tanks/vessels include big machinery like iron workers, bandsaws and overhead cranes to grinders, plasma cutters, oxyacetylene torches, sledge hammers, ETC and harnesses for heights. welding processes that were used were FCAW, SMAW, GMAW and material welded on was carbon steel and stainless. Also got to experience SAW.