Welding and Fabrication Technician

A Welding and Fabrication Technician is someone who works with metal to build or repair structures and products. Imagine building a bridge, a ship, a car chassis, or even parts for a rollercoaster! You would use special tools to cut, shape, and join pieces of metal together. This often involves welding, which is like using a super-hot torch to melt and fuse metal parts, making them incredibly strong. You also get to read technical drawings and plans to make sure everything is built exactly right, and then you fabricate, which means putting all the pieces together. This job isn't just about strength; it also requires a lot of skill, precision, and attention to detail. You need to understand different types of metals and how they react to heat, and safety is super important because you're working with powerful equipment. You could be working indoors in a workshop, outdoors on a construction site, or even in factories helping to create all sorts of useful things.