Occupation Atlasspot welder
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/97dadd59-d1cb-4fef-81a7-d92eb15572e2
spot welder
Spot welders set up and tend spot welding machines designed to press and join metal workpieces together. The metal resistance to the passage of electrical current and the subsequent heat created in the process allows for the local melting and joining of the parts.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional3.90
- I Investigative2.02
- E Enterprising1.50
- A Artistic1.29
- S Social1.13
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-4122.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply precision metalworking techniques
- apply spot welding techniques
- electric current
- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor gauge
- operate welding equipment
- perform test run
- prepare pieces for joining
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- spot metal imperfections
- spot welding machine parts
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional (34)
- adjust temperature gauges
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- apply arc welding techniques
- apply electrolytes to cathodes and anodes
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces
- consult technical resources
- electrical discharge
- ensure correct gas pressure
- ferrous metal processing
- keep records of work progress
- manufacture of small metal parts
- manufacturing of cutlery
- manufacturing of doors from metal
- manufacturing of heating equipment
- manufacturing of metal containers
- manufacturing of steam generators
- manufacturing of tools
- manufacturing of weapons and ammunition
- metal joining technologies
- metal thermal conductivity
- monitor automated machines
- monitor conveyor belt
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate oxy-fuel welding torch
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform metal active gas welding
- perform metal inert gas welding
- perform product testing
- record production data for quality control
- smooth burred surfaces
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- welding techniques
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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