Fitter/Welder Position

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.

1. Layout, fabricate or repair metal plate, structural parts and/or pipe and brace them in position within hull of ship for riveting or welding according to specifications.

2. Locates and marks reference lines, such as center, buttock, and frame lines.

3. Select pipe and/or plate sizes and types and related materials, such as supports, hangers, and hydraulic cylinders, according to specifications.

4. Measure, mark, and install pipe and/or plate for cutting and/or threading per specifications, using tools such as saws, cutting torches, and pipe thread and benders.

5. May prepare molds and templates for fabrication of nonstandard parts.

6. Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders and cutting torches.