Answer the questions

1. What are the trades where welding skills are used? 2. Where can welders work? 3. What personal characteristics should welders have? 4. How does the environment in which welders work vary? 5. What does it take to be s low-skilled/skilled welder? 6. What are welders able to do in terms of complexity of tasks and variety of materials? 7. What are the job opportunities for low-skilled/skilled welders for the nearest future as specified by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics? 8. What are the advantages of having formal training for making a welding career? 9. As you see, welding includes various professional specialties and levels. What is yours?

4. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:

1. Сфера применения сварки охватывает большое количество областей промышленности. 2. Профессия сварщика требует физической выносливости из-за частой необходимости работы в нестационарных условиях. 3. Для того чтобы стать квалифицированным сварщиком, необходима длительная теоретическая подготовка и практический опыт работы. 4.Квалифицированный сварщик должен сам уметь подбирать необходимое сварочное оборудование, материалы и технику сварки. 5. Чем выше квалификация сварщика, тем больше количество материалов, с которыми он может работать, и разнообразнее виды выполняемых работ. 6. В настоящее время имеются большие возможности для освоения профессии сварщика.

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Welding Skills

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A Welder permanently joins pieces of metal with metal filler, using heat and/or pressure. Welders join parts being manufactured, they build structures and repair broken or cracked parts, according to specifications.

Job Related Skills, Interests and Values

• using and maintaining tools, material handling equipment and welding equipment;

• reading and interpreting blueprints;

• acquiring thorough knowledge of arc, gas and resistance welding theory;

• laying out, cutting and forming metals to specifications;

• preparing the work site;

• fitting sub-assemblies and assemblies together and preparing assemblies for welding;

• welding using shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, flux core or metal core arc welding, submerged arc welding and plasma arc welding processes;

• carrying out special processes such as welding studs and brazing;

• ensuring quality of product/process before, during and after welding;

Ask Yourself: Is Working as a Welder For You?

Are you good at preparing and planning a job from start to finish?	Yes	No
Can you look at a diagram or shop drawing and visualize how things come together?	Yes	No
Do you like figuring out what’s wrong with something and then repairing it?	Yes	No
Are you able to bend, stretch, kneel, stand for long periods and lift material and supplies?	Yes	No
Would it bother you to work around dangerous gases and intense heat?	Yes	No
Do you have good hand/eye coordination to guide a welding arc along the edges of metal?	Yes	No