Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks Include:
- 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.
- Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
- Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
- Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
- Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
- Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
- Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
- Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -1.3%
National: -8.0%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$44,920.00
State
$41,200.00
Regional
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
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.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 50%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 28.50%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 20.09%
- Some College Courses = 1.41%
Related Work Experience
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 27.89%
- None = 21.92%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.65%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.47%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.59%
- Over 10 years = 3.68%
- Up to and including 1 month = 3.41%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.20%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.20%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 62.75%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.06%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.19%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 5.78%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4.61%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 3.93%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.68%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 30.08%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 28.08%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 18.13%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.91%
- None or short demonstration = 7.41%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.68%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.71%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- 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.
- Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
- Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
- Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
- Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
- Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
- Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
- Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
- Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
- Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
- Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
- Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
- Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
- Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.
- Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
- Record operational information on specified production reports.
- Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.
- Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.
- Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
- Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.
- Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
- 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.
- Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.
- Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
- Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.
- Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Arc welding equipment)
- Hammers (Ball peen hammers)
- Bench vises
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing machines)
- Welding robots (Brazing robots)
- C clamps
- Punches or nail sets or drifts (Center punches)
- Power chippers (Chipping hammers)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Welders (Cold-welding machines)
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Computerized numerical control CNC oxy-fuel systems)
- Desktop computers
- Calipers (Dial calipers)
- Welders (Diffusion-welding machines)
- Facial shields (Face masks)
- Files
- Thickness measuring devices (Fillet weld gauges)
- Blow torches (Gas welding torches)
- Hand clamps
- Blades or tooth or other cutting edges (Hand scrapers)
- Induction heaters (Heating furnaces)
- Hydraulic truck cranes (Hydraulic booms)
- Winches (Hydraulic winches)
- Laser cutting tools (Laser cutters)
- Laser welding machinery (Laser-beam machines)
- Squares (Layout squares)
- Magnifiers
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Micrometers
- Calipers (Outside micrometer calipers)
- Power grinders
- Hoists (Power hoists)
- Loading equipment (Product loading equipment)
- Welders (Resistance welding guns)
- Welders (Resistance welding machines)
- Rulers
- Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
- Goggles (Safety goggles)
- End cut pliers (Side cutting pliers)
- Slip or groove joint pliers (Slip joint pliers)
- Soldering or desoldering or combined stations (Soldering machines)
- Welding robots (Soldering robots)
- Welding tools (Spot welding guns)
- Tongs
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery (Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment)
- Gauges or inspection fixtures (Undercut gauges)
- Micrometers (Vernier micrometers)
- Locking pliers (Vise grip pliers)
- Lifts (Walk-behind lift trucks)
- Welding electrodes
- Welding masks (Welding helmets)
- Welders (Welding machines)
- Welding robots
- Welding or brazing tip cleaner files (Welding tip cleaning files)
- Welding tip dressers or accessories (Welding tip dressers)
- Welding or cutting tips (Welding torch tips)
- Wire brushes
- Positioning jig (Workpiece positioning jigs)
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Industrial control software
- Tool center point TCP setting software
- Spreadsheet software
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Word processing software
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Special Requirements
Welding. Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators,, and Tenders
Training for welding, soldering, and brazing workers can range from a few weeks of school or on-the-job training for low-skilled positions to several years of combined school and on-the-job training for highly skilled jobs.
Education and training. Formal training is available in high schools and postsecondary institutions, such as vocational-technical institutes, community colleges, and private welding schools. The U.S. Armed Forces operate welding schools as well. Although some employers provide training, they prefer to hire workers who already have experience or formal training. Courses in blueprint reading, shop mathematics, mechanical drawing, physics, chemistry, and metallurgy are helpful. An understanding of electricity also is very helpful, and knowledge of computers is gaining importance, especially for welding, soldering, and brazing machine operators, who are becoming more responsible for the programming of robots and other computer-controlled machines. Since understanding the welding process and inspecting welds is important for both welders and welding machine operators, companies hiring machine operators prefer workers with a background in welding.
Certification and other qualifications. Some welding positions require general certifications in welding or certifications in specific skills such as inspection or robotic welding. The American Welding Society certification courses are offered at many welding schools. Some employers have developed their own internal certification tests.
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers need good eyesight, hand-eye coordination, and manual dexterity. They should be able to concentrate on detailed work for long periods and be able to bend, stoop, and work in awkward positions. In addition, welders increasingly must be willing to receive training and perform tasks in other production jobs.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
51.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
59.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
53.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
62.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
59.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
53.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
50.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
79.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
72.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
72.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
72.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
70.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
69.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
69.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
68.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
67.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
66.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
66.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
61.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
60.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
58.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
56.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
54.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
52.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
51.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
50.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
73.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
70.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
67.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
66.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
63.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
63.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
62.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
62.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
61.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
60.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
60.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
56.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
52.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
51.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.83 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.40 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
90.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
90.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
88.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
86.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
80.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
80.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
80.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
76.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
72.60 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
71.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
70.80 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
70.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
68.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
68.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
67.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
66.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
64.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
62.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
61.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
60.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
60.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
57.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
57.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
55.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
55.60 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
54.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
54.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
53.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
53.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
49.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $31,930.00 | $44,920.00 | $51,730.00 |
Virginia | $31,730.00 | $41,200.00 | $48,300.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $33,359.49 | $42,164.41 | $49,460.33 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $32,484.10 | $38,151.18 | $52,577.33 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $40,374.03 | $47,978.43 | $53,669.48 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $34,512.08 | $42,259.24 | $46,600.74 |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | $33,315.72 | $38,668.08 | $40,448.03 |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $34,929.97 | $38,304.37 | $46,123.44 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 32,300 | 29,700 | -8.0% |
Virginia | 668 | 659 | -1.3% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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Careers in Production Pathway:
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
- Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Butchers and Meat Cutters
- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Dental Laboratory Technicians
- Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
- Etchers and Engravers
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Batchmakers
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Processing Workers, All Other
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Furniture Finishers
- Gas Plant Operators
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Helpers--Production Workers
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers
- Machinists
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Model Makers, Wood
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Power Plant Operators
- Production Workers, All Other
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Arc Welding Machine Operator
- Assembler
- Auto Welder
- Billet Assembler
- Braze Operator
- Brazer
- Brazing Machine Operator
- Brazing Machine Setter
- Brazing Machine Setter and Setup Operator
- Brazing Machine Tender
- Brazing Metal Fill Operator
- Controlled Atmospheric Furnace Brazer
- Electron Beam Machine Welder Setter
- Electron Beam Welder Setter
- Electron Beam Welding Machine Operator
- Electroslag Welding Machine Operator
- Explosion Welder
- Fabricator
- Final Assembly Worker
- Finishing Technician
- Fitter-Welder
- Friction Welding Machine Operator
- Furnace Brazer
- Gas Welding Machine Operator
- Induction Brazer
- Induction Heating Equipment Setter
- Industrial Welder
- Laser Beam Machine Operator
- Machine Lead Burner
- Machine Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Welder
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Metal Model Maker
- Mig Welder
- Operator
- Oxygraph Operator
- Press Operator
- Production Worker
- Racking Machine Operator
- Radiagraph Operator
- Reflow Operator
- Repair Welder
- Reserve Tube Welder
- Resistance Machine Welder Setter
- Resistance Welding Machine Operator
- Robot Operator
- Robotic Welding Cell Operator
- Rod Welder
- Solder Deposit Operator
- Solderer
- Soldering Machine Operator
- Soldering Machine Setter
- Soldering Machine Setter and Setup Operator
- Soldering Machine Tender
- Spot Welder
- Technical Associate (TA)
- Thermit Welding Machine Operator
- Tool and Die Maker
- Travograph Operator
- Type Soldering Machine Tender
- Ultrasonic Welding Machine Operator
- Wave Soldering Machine Operator
- Weld Technician
- Welder
- Welding Machine Operator
- Welding Machine Operator/Tender
- Welding Machine Setter
- Welding Operator
- Welding Pantograph Machine Operator
- Welding Pantograph Operator
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Related Schools
- Advanced Technology Institute
- Brightpoint Community College
- Central Virginia Community College
- Centura College-Richmond Main
- Dabney S Lancaster Community College
- Danville Community College
- Eastern Shore Community College
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Mountain Empire Community College
- New River Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Patrick Henry Community College
- Paul D Camp Community College
- Southside Virginia Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Tidewater Community College
- Tidewater Tech-Trades
- Virginia Highlands Community College
- Virginia Peninsula Community College
- Virginia Western Community College
- Wytheville Community College
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