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Role guide · Manufacturing trades
Welder / Fabricator
You cut, shape and join metal to make or repair structures, frames and components.
Example skill overlap77%
Uses hand skills, accuracy, safety awareness—strengths that can be demonstrated through school, work, volunteering or personal projects.
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What you would actually do
You read drawings, prepare material, set equipment, weld or assemble parts and check the finished work.
A realistic day
08:30
Read the drawing and select material.
10:30
Prepare and position the parts.
13:30
Weld or assemble the component.
16:00
Inspect dimensions and finish.
Skills you may already have
From your current workOrganising everyday responsibilities
Becomes hand skills.
From your current workHelping a customer, classmate or colleague
Becomes accuracy.
From your current workLearning a practical or digital task
Becomes safety awareness.
From your current workChecking work before it is finished
Becomes reading technical information.
What employers really ask for
Usually important
- Hand skills
- Accuracy
- Safety awareness
- Reading technical information
Often flexible
- Already having the exact job title
- Knowing every system on day one
- A degree when an apprenticeship or experience is accepted
- Experience in the employer’s exact workplace
Your route in
Not a strong match yet? Close the gap.
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The honest version
What should you know before applying?
Quality standards and working conditions vary. Recognised welding tests and a portfolio of accurate work can improve opportunities.
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