MILLWRIGHT / WELDERS HELPER

Code: 05666 Unknown Unknown

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction, installs heavy duty industrialized type of machinery and equipment according to layout plans, blueprints and other drawings, using hoists, lift trucks, hand-tools and power tools; does related work as required.

Under direct supervision, develops a working knowledge of the standard tools, materials, methods, practices, occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in performing routine welding; work with tools common to the trade; may be called upon to do other types of general maintenance work; does other related duties.

Examples of work

• Reads blueprint and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
• Dismantles and reassembles machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars and other appropriate tools.
• Moves machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks, etc.
• Assembles and installs equipment such as shafting, conveyors, tram rails, pumps, compressors, and gear drives using hand-tools and power tools.
• Constructs foundation for machines, using appropriate tools and building materials, such as wood, cement, and steel.
• Aligns machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand-tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs, etc.
• Aligns gears, wheels, bearings, power shafting, and pulleys.
• Attaches motors and connects belts to prepare a machine for use.
• Assembles machines and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to foundation or other structures using hand-tools and power tools.
• May operate engine lathe, milling machine, drill press, and mechanical saws for the purpose of fabricating or repairing of parts and equipment.
• May repair and lubricate machines and equipment.
• Removes and replaces worn parts using hand and power tools.
• May fabricate and install all types of sheet metal work for sketches, drawings or blueprints.
• Uncrates, assembles, installs and tests new machinery and equipment.
• Changes the lay-out and set-out of machines and mechanical equipment.
• Keeps machines and equipment in efficient and safe operating condition.
• Makes periodic inspections of all machines, equipment, and shafting to see if they are operating properly.
• Makes time and material estimates.
• Prepare reports and keeps records.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related unit.
• Assists in maintaining, repairing, rebuilding and fabricating metal equipment.
• Lifts, moves and holds or clamps work-pieces to table, into jigs, or into position as directed, using hoist, pry bars, wrenches, hammer and wedges.
• Carries various tools, supplies and equipment and provides them to welder.
• Learns to maintain welding equipment.
• Maintains records.
• Cleans and prepares surfaces prior to welding and removes slag from the finished weld.
• Learns to work with tools of the trade.
• Obtains stores and safeguards supplies, materials and equipment.
• Will be required to perform other general maintenance or repair tasks.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related unit.

Experience

Four (4) years of experience in the installation, moving and disassembly of industrial type machinery and equipment involving the use of plans, blueprints and/or drawings.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of the methods, materials, tools, practices, and duties involved in fabricating, installing, moving, dismantling, maintaining, and repairing of machines, equipment and incidental appurtenances.
• Knowledge of the hazards and safety precautions involved in installing, moving and dissembling industrial type machinery and equipment.
• Knowledge of the uses of a variety of hand and power tools.
• Knowledge of the purpose and uses of such measuring devices as squares, calipers, micrometers and plumb bobs, etc.
• Ability to understand and apply instructions, craft techniques, and principles when reading blueprints and schematic drawings in order to determine work procedures.
• Ability to apply shop mathematics to do arithmetic computations in connection with installation of equipment.
• Ability to visualize installations from blueprints and relationships of parts when assembling equipment.
• Ability to perceive pertinent details when aligning machines and equipment.
• Ability to coordinate eyes and hands rapidly and accurately when fastening machines to foundations using hand and power tools.
• Ability to move fingers and manipulate small objects such as bolts and rivets with fingers.
• Ability to move hands easily and skillfully to align machines using hands-tools.
• Ability to align machines and equipment using squares, rules, micrometers and plumb bobs.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and schematic drawings when assembling machines and fastening them to foundations.
• Ability to carry heavy parts, equipment and materials as required.
• Ability to climb, balance and maintain body equilibrium when working from heights to install large and heavy equipment such as cranes and hoists.
• Ability to reach above or below waist line to install parts of machinery.
• Ability to use hands to grasp hand-tools and measuring devices, and to fit and stall machine parts, and to use fingers to fit and adjust intricate parts of machinery and work with small objects like nuts and bolts.
• Ability to make time and material estimates.
• Ability to prepare reports and keeps records.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
• 6-30-1989
• <b>WELDER'S HELPER</b>
• Ability to understand, remember and carry out oral and written directions.
• Ability to heed necessary safety precautions associated with the work.
• Ability to obtain, store, safeguard, and properly use needed equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Ability to maintain records.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
• CODE: 2/03/2000
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Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.