Assembles, welds and repairs pressure vessels and pipes to relevant standards.

Shapes and bends metal sections and pipes using hand and machine tools, and by heating and hammering; aligns parts to be joined using hand tools and measuring instruments.

• Works indoors in a heavy engineering workshop or yard or may be predominantly out on client worksites such as client industrial or processing worksites.
• Indoor work spaces need good ventilation to disperse gasses and other by-products of welding and other metal-working processes.
• Frequently works at heights and on ladders or inside large heavy steel containers that are being constructed. Worksites will often be dirty, dusty and noisy.
• Employees will use a variety of personal protective equipment including face masks, eye protection, safety footwear, over-alls and gloves as appropriate for specific tasks. They may need safety harnesses for some jobs.

• The physical demand is heavy.
• Walking is required. Standing is constantly required, frequently on concrete floors. Sitting is not required.
• Stretching up and across, bending and twisting of the body or neck is frequently required to weld, bolt or otherwise join and fit metal structural components in place.
• Squatting, crouching or kneeling is occasionally required, especially to access low level and awkward areas.
• Lifting and carrying engineering materials and equipment about the work-site is frequently required.
• Repetitive movements are frequently required especially in the use of hands and arms for holding welding, flame-cutting or grinding equipment.
• Driving is not a significant component of the job.
• There is a requirement for the use of a wide range of engineering hand, power and machine tools and equipment including gas and electric welders, flame and other cutting and grinding equipment.
• Climbing ladders, work on scaffolds, steel beams or other difficult situations is frequently required when on-site.
• Mental skills necessary include practical, technical, and problem-solving skills.

A New Zealand Register Level 4 qualification or at least three years of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 3). In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. For entry-level positions on-the-job training may be sufficient.

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.