Welder, WG-3703-10

This position supports the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Director of Operational Logistics, Base Galveston Naval Engineering Department, Industrial Production Facility, Galveston, TX.

The selectee performs welding work in support of the U.S. Coast Guard, Naval Engineering Support Unit. Welding assignments may include work on Lighthouses, aids to navigation (ATON), barges, boats, ships and small vessels and their associated equipment. Selectee welds the various components of a ship including the shell, broken or cracked engine parts, framing, inner bottoms, tanks, boilers, decks, bulkheads, superstructures, masts, stacks, ventilation ducts, railings, Class I piping and similar components.

Being a CG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include:

• Welding work frequently involves removing and replacing interferences in way of welds, fitting brackets and machinery foundations and fitting minor structural braces, gussets or patches.
• Taking all fire and safety precautions, adjusts all welding controls to insure that qualified welding procedures are maintained.
• Applying knowledge of a wide range of manual welding processes and difficult welds using processes such as oxyacetylene, oxyhydrogen, and other industrial gases.
• Making independent judgments and decision within framework of oral and written instructions and accepted trade practices, processes and procedures, when completing assignments.
• Selectee must have knowledge of welding standards and how various metals and alloys, such as different kinds of steel, aluminum, cast iron, nickel, Monel metal, brass, copper, bronze and titanium, react to different welding processes and techniques.