Will “Racking Technician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

61% Chance of Automation

“Racking Technician” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4122.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,380.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
Currently, there are 46,920 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders”.

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Tasks for “Racking Technician”

Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.
Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
Devise or build fixtures or jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering.
Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.
Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.
Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.
Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.
Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating or cooling cycles, or shut-off.
Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements as necessary.
Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.
Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.
Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
Record operational information on specified production reports.

Related Technology & Tools

Hydraulic winches
Welding helmets
Soldering robots
Laser-beam machines
Center punches
Claw hammers
Bench vises
Fillet weld gauges
Spot welding guns
Vise grip pliers
Welding torch tips
Slip joint pliers
Heating furnaces
Portable welding machines
Welding tip cleaning files
Wire brushes
Vernier micrometers
Welding electrodes
Product loading equipment
Dial calipers
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Desktop computers
Hand clamps
Computerized numerical control CNC oxy-fuel systems
Brazing robots
Magnifiers
Resistance welding guns
Welding robots
Undercut gauges
Side cutting pliers
Outside micrometer calipers
Rulers
Laser cutters
Measuring tapes
Workpiece positioning jigs
Face masks
Soldering machines
Diffusion-welding machines
Safety goggles
Chipping hammers
Power hoists
Tongs
C clamps
Ball peen hammers
Micrometers
Walk-behind lift trucks
Single-cut mill saw files
Hand scrapers
Gas welding torches
Safety gloves
Arc welding equipment
Layout squares
Brazing machines
Cold-welding machines
Resistance welding machines
Power grinders
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Welding tip dressers
Hydraulic booms

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