Welder

A welder joins metal parts using intense heat from arc, gas, or other welding processes — fabricating and repairing everything from structural steel and pipelines to sculpture and custom fabrication. The work demands steady hands, precision, knowledge of metallurgy and blueprints, and strict safety practice, with results that must hold under stress.

Welders work in construction, manufacturing, shipbuilding, repair shops, and artistic fabrication, often specialising in structural work or artistic and custom fabrication. The role suits patient, precise, safety-minded people who enjoy skilled hands-on work, can read plans and work to exacting tolerances, and want a skilled trade whose results are literally structural.