skillfactor-pipeline/skills/laser-beam-welder/references/tasks.md

# Tasks & work activities — laser beam welder

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-4122.00 (Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 7212; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

## Task statements

- **[Core]** Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.
- **[Core]** Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
- **[Supplemental]** Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
- **[Core]** Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
- **[Core]** Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
- **[Core]** Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
- **[Core]** Record operational information on specified production reports.
- **[Supplemental]** Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.
- **[Core]** Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
- **[Core]** Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
- **[Core]** Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
- **[Core]** Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
- **[Supplemental]** Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.
- **[Core]** Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
- **[Core]** Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
- **[Core]** Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
- **[Core]** Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.
- **[Supplemental]** Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
- **[Core]** Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
- **[Core]** Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
- **[Core]** Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating or cooling cycles, or shut-off.
- **[Supplemental]** Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
- **[Core]** Devise or build fixtures or jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering.
- **[Supplemental]** Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.
- **[Core]** Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
- **[Supplemental]** Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
- **[Core]** Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
- **[Supplemental]** Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.
- **[Supplemental]** Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.

## Detailed work activities

- Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.
- Adjust flow of electricity to tools or production equipment.
- Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
- Apply lubricants or coolants to workpieces.
- Apply solutions to production equipment.
- Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
- Assemble metal or plastic parts or products.
- Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
- Clean production equipment.
- Conduct test runs of production equipment.
- Design tools, fixtures, or other devices for production equipment.
- Direct operational or production activities.
- Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
- Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
- Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
- Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
- Immerse objects or workpieces in cleaning or coating solutions.
- Lay out parts to prepare for assembly.
- Load materials into production equipment.
- Lubricate production equipment.
- Maintain production or processing equipment.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
- Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
- Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
- Operate cutting equipment.
- Operate grinding equipment.
- Operate welding equipment.
- Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
- Record operational or production data.
- Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
- Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Select production equipment according to product specifications.
- Solder parts or workpieces.