National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

• H - Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations
• H3 - Machinists, Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Occupations
• H32 - Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades

H326 - Welders and Related Machine Operators

Welders operate welding equipment to weld ferrous and non-ferrous metals. This unit group also includes machine operators who operate previously set up production welding, brazing and soldering equipment. They are employed by companies that manufacture structural steel and platework, boilers, heavy machinery, aircraft and ships and other metal products, and by welding contractors and welding shops, or they may be self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • acetylene welder
  • aircraft welder
  • apprentice welder
  • arc welder
  • arc welder - pipeline
  • arc welder, hand
  • assembler tack welder
  • auto body solderer
  • automated welding machine operator - flash butt process
  • automatic welding machine operator
  • aviation welding technician
  • battery lead burner
  • battery lead-burner operator
  • blowtorch operator
  • blowtorch welder
  • boiler welder
  • brazer
  • brazer and hammerer
  • brazer, furnace
  • brazer, gas
  • brazer, resistance
  • brazing machine operator
  • brazing machine setter
  • cable welder
  • combination welder
  • downhand welder - pipeline
  • drilling platform welder
  • drilling rig welder
  • electric arc welder
  • electric arc welder, hand
  • electric spot welder
  • electric spot welder operator
  • electric spot-welding machine operator
  • fabrication welder
  • fit-up welder
  • flame-brazing machine operator
  • flame-brazing machine setter
  • flash butt welder
  • furnace brazer
  • furnace solderer
  • gas and arc welder
  • gas brazer
  • gas welder
  • gas-shielded arc welder
  • gas-shielded arc welding machine operator
  • general welder
  • hand arc welder
  • hand electric arc welder
  • hand resistance welder
  • heliarc welder
  • hydrogen braze furnace man / woman
  • hydrogen braze furnace operator
  • induction brazer operator
  • induction brazer, production
  • induction solderer
  • industrial welder
  • iron brazer
  • jig welder-fitter
  • journeyman / woman welder
  • laser beam machine-welder operator
  • laser beam welder
  • laser beam welding machine operator
  • laser welding operator
  • lead burner
  • lead welder
  • machine operator - welding, brazing and soldering
  • machine type solderer
  • machine welder
  • maintenance welder
  • mesh-welding machine operator
  • metal brazier and heater
  • metal inert gas (MIG) welder
  • metal solderer
  • metal straightener and heater
  • metal welder
  • MIG (metal inert gas) welder
  • operator, laser beam machine welder
  • oxyacetylene torch welder
  • oxyacetylene welder
  • oxyhydrogen welder
  • pipeline welder
  • portable spot welder
  • precision welder
  • pressure vessel welder
  • production induction brazier
  • production line solderer
  • production line spot welder
  • production line welder
  • production spot welder
  • production welder
  • resistance brazer
  • resistance seam welder
  • resistance welder
  • resistance welder tender
  • resistance welder, hand
  • resistance welder-setter
  • resistance welding machine setter
  • resistance welding set-up man / woman
  • rig welder
  • set-up man / woman, resistance welding
  • shielded-metal arc welder
  • side seaming tender
  • solderer
  • solderer, furnace
  • solderer, induction
  • solderer-dipper
  • soldering machine operator
  • spot resistance welder
  • spot welder
  • submerged arc welder
  • submerged arc welding machine operator
  • tack welder
  • thermite welder
  • TIG (tungsten inert gas) welder
  • tool and die welder
  • torch brazer
  • torch brazing machine setter
  • torch welder
  • tungsten inert gas (TIG) welder
  • type-soldering machine tender
  • welder
  • welder apprentice
  • welder operator
  • welder, aircraft
  • welder, arc
  • welder, combination
  • welder, drilling platform
  • welder, drilling rig
  • welder, gas
  • welder, gas and arc
  • welder, gas-shielded arc
  • welder, heliarc
  • welder, metal inert gas (MIG)
  • welder, MIG (metal inert gas)
  • welder, oxyacetylene
  • welder, oxyacetylene torch
  • welder, oxyhydrogen
  • welder, pipeline
  • welder, precision
  • welder, pressure vessels
  • welder, production line
  • welder, resistance
  • welder, shielded-metal arc
  • welder, spot
  • welder, submerged arc
  • welder, TIG (tungsten inert gas)
  • welder, tool and die
  • welder, tungsten inert gas (TIG)
  • welder-assembler
  • welder-fitter
  • welder-setter, resistance
  • welding lay-out man / woman
  • welding machine operator
  • welding machine operator, gas-shielded arc
  • welding machine operator, submerged arc
  • wire welder