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“Robot Operator” 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 “Robot Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Data entry software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software