pipe welder
Pipe welders assemble and install parts and components of pipelines for the transport of goods such as water, steam and chemicals through them. They interpret specs such as pneumatics, hydraulics, for installation on site according to the safety and production requirements.
Also called: industrial pipe fitter, plumber, pipe fitter & welder, off sore pipe fitter, pipefitter, mechanical pipe fitter, pipe fitter and welder, pipe fitter
- 28
- essential skills
- 43
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
28- apply health and safety standards
- assemble manufactured pipeline parts
- clear pipelines
- consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows
- cooperate with colleagues
- detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure
- ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
- follow up pipeline integrity management priorities
- guide drill pipes
- hydraulics
- inspect pipelines
- install metal gas piping
- isometric perspective
- lay pipe installation
- measure parts of manufactured products
- operate soldering equipment
- operate welding equipment
- perform follow-up on pipeline route services
- pipeline coating properties
- prevent pipeline deterioration
- technical drawings
- test pipeline infrastructure operations
- types of pipelines
- use measurement instruments
- use metal bending techniques
- use rigging equipment
- use wrenches
- work with blacksmithing hand tools
Optional skills
43- 3D printing process
- adjust feeder tubes
- automation technology
- cast metal
- comply with pipeline transport regulations
- determine suitability of materials
- develop assembly instructions
- follow verbal instructions
- follow written instructions
- handle chemicals
- health and safety hazards underground
- heat metals
- install septic systems
- join metals
- keep task records
- lay sewer pipe
- maintain mechatronic equipment
- maintain robotic equipment
- maintenance of printing machines
- maintenance operations
- mechanics
- mechatronics
- metal and metal ore products
- operate 3D computer graphics software
- operate automated process control
- operate forklift
- operate hydraulic pumps
- operate printing machinery
- operate pumping equipment
- operate pumps
- operate sumps
- perform water analysis
- prepare copper gas-lines pipes
- printing materials
- printing on large scale machines
- printing techniques
- read assembly drawings
- repair pipelines
- rigging terminology
- robotics
- security requirements of goods transported via pipelines
- transport pipes
- types of metal
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