NOC 7237 – Welders and related machine operators

The National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 7237 is for Welders and related machine operators

NOC skill type/level: Skill Level B

Employment requirements

Welders

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over three years of work experience in the trade and some college or industry courses in welding is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified welders upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators

• Some secondary school education is required.
• Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.
• Experience as a machine operator helper may be required.
• Experience with robotics may be required.

List of Job Titles for NOC 7237 – Welders and related machine operators

• Acetylene welder
• Aircraft welder
• Apprentice welder
• Arc welder
• Arc welder – pipeline
• Assembler tack welder
• Auto body solderer
• Automated welding machine operator – flash butt process
• Automatic welding machine operator
• Aviation welding technician
• Battery lead burner
• Battery lead-burner operator
• Blowtorch operator
• Blowtorch welder
• Boiler welder
• Brazer
• Brazer and hammerer
• Brazing machine operator
• Brazing machine setter
• Cable welder
• Combination welder
• Dielectric welder
• Downhand welder – pipeline
• Drilling platform welder
• Drilling rig welder
• Electric arc welder
• Electric spot welder
• Electric spot welder operator
• Electric spot-welding machine operator
• Fabrication welder
• Fit-up welder
• Flame-brazing machine operator
• Flame-brazing machine setter
• Flash butt welder
• Furnace brazer
• Furnace solderer
• Gas and arc welder
• Gas brazer
• Gas welder
• Gas-shielded arc welder
• Gas-shielded arc welding machine operator
• General welder
• Hand arc welder
• Hand electric arc welder
• Hand resistance welder
• Heliarc welder
• Hot gas welder
• Hydrogen braze furnace man/woman
• Hydrogen braze furnace operator
• Induction brazer operator
• Induction solderer
• Industrial welder
• Iron brazer
• Jig welder-fitter
• Journeyman/woman welder
• Laser beam machine-welder operator
• Laser beam welder
• Laser beam welding machine operator
• Laser welding operator
• Lead burner
• Lead welder
• Machine operator – welding, brazing and soldering
• Machine type solderer
• Machine welder
• Maintenance welder
• Mesh-welding machine operator
• Metal brazier and heater
• Metal inert gas (MIG) welder
• Metal solderer
• Metal straightener and heater
• Metal welder
• Oxyacetylene torch welder
• Oxyacetylene welder
• Oxyhydrogen welder
• Pipeline welder
• Portable spot welder
• Precision welder
• Pressure vessel welder
• Production induction brazier
• Production line solderer
• Production line spot welder
• Production line welder
• Production spot welder
• Production welder
• Radio-frequency welder
• Resistance brazer
• Resistance seam welder
• Resistance welder
• Resistance welder tender
• Resistance welder-setter
• Resistance welding machine setter
• Resistance welding set-up man/woman
• Rig welder
• Shielded-metal arc welder
• Side seaming tender
• Solderer
• Solderer-dipper
• Soldering machine operator
• Spot resistance welder
• Spot welder
• Submerged arc welder
• Submerged arc welding machine operator
• Tack welder
• Thermite welder
• Tool and die welder
• Torch brazer
• Torch brazing machine setter
• Torch welder
• Tungsten inert gas (TIG) welder
• Type-soldering machine tender
• Vibration welder
• Welder
• Welder apprentice
• Welder operator
• Welder-assembler
• Welder-fitter
• Welding lay-out man/woman
• Welding machine operator
• Wire welder