Job Description:

• 1) Welds lead or lead alloy, using gas torch or arc welding equipment, to install and repair lead items according to oral instructions or dimensional data from blueprints: Installs or repairs equipment, such as lead pipes, valves, floors, and tank linings.

• 2) Cuts lead sheets or pipe, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knife.

• 3) Levels and scrapes edges or surfaces, using hand scraper, and positions parts for burning.

• 4) Ignites torch and adjusts valves to obtain flame of specified size and color or adjusts arc welding equipment to obtain specified arc.

• 5) Welds in flat, vertical, horizontal, or overhead positions.

• 6) Melts lead bar or wire to add lead to joint.

• 7) Bonds lead to steel or copper to produce homogeneous lead lining or cover, using flux.

• 8) Places hand molding irons on heavy joints or corners to hold them in position.

• 9) Heats forms and dresses lead pipes, elbows, and parts, using handtools, torch, or arc welding equipment.

• 10) Places asbestos strip under joints to prevent heating of supporting surface.

• 11) May pour molten lead into permanent or sand molds to cast parts.

• 12) May melt scrap in kettle and cast or extrude melted scrap into bars or wire for reuse.

• 13) Important variations include type of joint welded.