Fits, assembles and welds metal parts and subassemblies to fabricate production machines and other equipment.
Training time
1 - 4 years
Employment prospects
Poor
How do I become a Fitter-Welder in Victoria?
To work as a Fitter-Welder in Victoria, you'll need:
- A Certificate III in Engineering – Mechanical Trade
- Completed apprenticeship
Recommended - Completion of Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or equivalent
- Strong understanding of Mathematics and English
- Relevant pre-apprenticeship: Certificate II in Engineering
- Complete Hydraulics, Pneumatics and Fluid Power course
What does a Fitter-Welder do?
- Studying drawings and specifications
- Determining suitable material, method and sequence of operations, and machine settings
- Fitting fabricated metal parts into products and assembling metal parts and subassemblies to produce machines and equipment
- Checking fabricated and assembled metal parts for accuracy, clearance and fit using precision measuring instruments
- Setting guides, stops and other controls on machining tools, setting up prescribed cutting and shaping tools and dies in machines and presses, and setting controls for textile machines
- Forming metal stock and castings to fine tolerances using machining tools to press, cut, grind, plane, bore and drill metal
- Cutting, threading, bending and installing hydraulic and pneumatic pipes and lines
- Preparing pattern mechanisms to control the operation of textile machines used to spin, weave, knit, sew and tuft fabric
- Diagnosing faults and performing operational maintenance of machines, and overhauling and repairing mechanical parts and fluid power equipment
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