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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  3. Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  4. Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
  5. Interpret welding terms and symbols correctly
  6. Determine the effects of heat treatment on metal in relation to welding
  7. Apply processes, including pre-heat/post-heat treatment, stress relieving, normalising and annealing, where appropriate
  8. Plan the logical sequence of welding operations
  9. Apply principles of planning and setting up welding
  10. Prepare welds for testing, where specified

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Statutory and safety requirements include:

as required by AS 1796-2001 (R2016) Certification of welders and welding supervisors, welding codes

Welding is to AS 1796-2001 (R2016) Certification of welders and welding supervisors and includes one (1) or more of the following:

flux core arc welding (FCAW)

gas metal arc welding (GMAW)

gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW)

manual metal arc welding (MMAW)

oxy fuel gas welding