Job Description:

• 1) Fits and assembles structural frameworks and housings from materials, such as angle iron, I-beams, and plate steel, using handtools and welding equipment and following blueprint specifications: Examines blueprints and materials list to obtain parts specifications.

• 2) Lays out parts dimensions on worktable, using square, chalk line, and soapstone.

• 3) Tack-welds scrap metal to outline to provide jig for assembly.

• 4) Positions parts in jig and files, chisels, and grinds parts, as indicated, to fit them together.

• 5) May heat parts with acetylene torch and bend them in vise, on anvil, or around stakes mounted in table.

• 6) Tack-welds fitted parts together or directs FITTER HELPER to tack-weld parts.

• 7) May heat parts with acetylene torch and dip parts in cyanide bath to harden.

• 8) Periodically compares dimensions of assembly to blueprint specifications, using square, rule, and calipers.

• 9) Works to tolerances of.

• 10) 0625 inch.

• 11) May anneal parts with acetylene torch to remove stresses of welding.

• 12) May fasten parts together with acetylene torch and brazing rod.