Will “Spot Welder” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

61% Chance of Automation

“Spot Welder” 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 “Spot Welder”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
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