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“Technical Associate (TA)” 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 “Technical Associate (TA)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Spreadsheet software
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
Microsoft Office
Email software
Microsoft Word
Data entry software
Tool center point TCP setting software