Welder

Welder or welders Universal ( Austria ) is a professional designation for a profession in the metalworking industry. Welders assemble or connect systems and structural components using different welding processes. The materials to be joined are metals (eg steel, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, etc.) but also certain types of plastic, such as polymers.

• 3.1 Germany
• 3.2 Austria

Vocational

Welders are mainly used in metal processing plants, such as Locksmith or welding shops. Major employers are also parts of machinery, tool and vehicle manufacturer or by operations of the utility. According to the respective work order they ask here first stencil. Select the best material for the welding process ( such as gas, electric, plastic welding) and cutting tools, and work with hand welding guns or welding machines. Other possible methods are riveting, gluing and soldering materials. Last undergo welding the parts of a quality control and test this. Cracks and material defects Mostly they work at the pre-assembly in factory buildings (eg metal ) or at the final assembly on construction sites.

Training

Germany

From 1996 to 2004, the welding technology was a department in the training professional construction techniques. With the change of training regulations 2004, the departments were abolished in order to achieve greater flexibility in the metal trades. Today, it depends on the training company, the extent to which welding technique is learned.

Are currently as training or retraining courses offered for Audited welder. This training is regulated by guidelines of the German Association for Welding and Allied Processes (DVS ) and the conclusion is recognized internationally. The course organizers are mostly welding Teaching and Research Institutes or authorized public and private organizations. The length of training depends on the level of previous knowledge, the course organization (full, part-time ) and the desired qualifications ( welding certificate ). Purely legal no specific education is fixed. Successful applicants will possess at least a secondary school or ideally have already completed other occupations in the metal industry.

Austria

In Austria, the term universal welder is common. However, the training was reformed and renamed as of 1 June 2011. The teaching profession Universal welder has risen in the module teaching metal technology. Metal technician apprentices can choose the main module welding technology in the new module teaching profession. They are trained at vocational schools and training companies in relevant three and a half or four years in the dual system and conclude with the final apprenticeship examination. The training contents correspond to the activities of the profession. Requirement to start is the completion of 9 years of compulsory schooling, but usually have a degree candidate of the main school and / or vocational school.

Further education

Germany

A welder may continue to qualify after three years of employment for DVS welding foreman and thus take over in certain areas of production welding supervisory functions. Then, a training for welding expert is possible. For welding foreman and welding specialists is due to the additional module testing the possibility to obtain the qualification of a welding quality auditors and be active in the production monitoring. For welding professionals with relevant specialist pedagogical knowledge, it is possible to be taken at an approved educational institution by the DVS as a welding teacher.

Austria

As in Germany, the self- determination of most welding work on abgegelegte tests ( ÖNORM exams) is bound. For Universal Welder / Welding Technologist is the learning of new / additional welding processes are of particular importance. After the final apprenticeship examination for master or welding foreman can be stored. This is essential for the activity of welding supervisors. The independent practice of the profession is possible for universal welder in regulated craft of locksmith and blacksmith.

For higher qualifications at colleges, technical colleges and universities are required to access most of the vocational baccalaureate ( Berufsreifeprüfung ), which is composed of the final exam and four other tests.