Welder jobs in Finland
Welders operate welding equipment in order to join metal workpieces together. They can use fusion welding processes based on different techniques and materials. They also perform simple visual inspection of welds.
Welder – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 18.33 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 14.34 €/h |
| Top tenth | 24.08 €/h |
| Employees | 10,281 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 17.05 €/h | 368 |
| Men | 18.39 €/h | 9,913 |
Welder - Which skills are essential?
Operate a cutting torch fueled by oxyacetylene gas safely to perform welding processes on a workpiece.
Handle and store fuels and assess their potential risks and dangers.
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of arc welding, such as shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, submerged arc welding and flux-cored arc welding.
Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.
Join together pieces of metal using soldering and welding materials.
Use welding equipment to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel; wear protective eyewear during the working process.
Evaluate which deficient processed workpieces do not meet the set-up standard and should be removed and sort the waste according to regulations.
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
Observe and identify various kinds of imperfections in metal workpieces or finished products. Recognise the best fitted manner of fixing the problem, which could be caused by corrosion, rust, fractures, leaks, and other signs of wear.
Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.
Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.
Ideal temperature of tools and machinery equiped with torches to perform various metal processing on workpieces.
Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.
The different methods of welding together pieces of metal using various equipment, such as oxygen-acetylene welding, gas metal arc welding and tungsten inert gas welding.
Weld metal, mostly steel, workpieces together using active gas mixtures such as concotions of argon, carbon dioxide and oxygen.
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.
The various qualities, hazards and applications of gaseous fuels, such as oxy-acetylene, oxy-gasoline, oxy-hydrogen and others.
Qualities, specifications, applications and reactions to different fabricating processes of various types of metal, such as steel, aluminium, brass, copper and others.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Comply with precision standards specific to an organisation or product in metalworking, involved in processes such as engraving, precise cutting, welding.
Weld metal workpieces together by tungsten intert gas (TIG) welding. This arc welding process welds metal workpieces using the heat generated between an arc of electricity struck between a non-consumable tungsten metal electrode. Use an argon or helium inert gas to shield the weld from athmospheric contamination.
Interpret and understand plans and drawings in manufacturing processes which include representations in three dimensions.
Recognise the symptoms of metal showing oxidation reactions with the environment resulting in rusting, copper pitting, stress cracking, and others, and estimate the rate of corrosion.
Inspect and smooth burred surfaces of steel and metal parts.
The property of metals to conduct heat.
Ensure the necessary, usually constant, temperature of processed metal workpieces during metal fabrication processes.
Interpret and understand plans and drawings in manufacturing processes which include representations in two dimensions.
The behaviour of liquids and gases that represent a serious explosion and fire danger, and their appropriate handling systems and effective storage.
Weld metal workpieces together using inert gasses or gas mixtures such as argon and helium. This technique is usually used for welding aluminium and other non-ferrous metals.
Select optimal metal used for metal joining purposes, such as zinc, lead or copper metals, specifically for welding, soldering or brazing practices.
Welder - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Various processing methods on non-ferrous metals and alloys such as copper, zinc and aluminium.
Use equipment designed for brazing processes in order to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of soldering, such as soft soldering, silver soldering, induction soldering, resistance soldering, pipe soldering, mechanical and aluminium soldering.
Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.
Prepare metal or other material workpieces for joining processes by cleaning the workpieces, checking their measurements with the technical plan and marking on the pieces where they'll be joined.
Align and arrange steel and metal parts in order to assemble complete products; use the appropriate hand tools and gauges.
Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
The variety of cutting technologies, such as software or mechanics, guiding cutting processes through lasering, sawing, milling etc.
Apply preparatory treatment, through mechanical or chemical processes, to the workpiece preceding the main operation.
The mechanics involved in boats and ships. Understand the technicalities and participate in discussions over related topics in order to solve problems related to the mechanics.
The various technologies used for the joining and assembling of fabricated metal workpieces.
Inspect and assure the quality of welded metals using diverse testing techniques.
Test processed workpieces or products for basic faults.
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of welding metal workpieces under pressure exercised by electrodes, such as projection welding, radius style electrodes spot welding and eccentric electrodes spot welding.
Weld using equipment that operates based on an exothermic reaction fuelled by thermite.
Measure the size of a processed part when checking and marking it to check if it is up to standard by use of two and three dimensional precision measuring equipment such as a caliper, a micrometer, and a measuring gauge.
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of brazing, such as torch brazing, braze welding and dip brazing.
Various processing methods on iron and iron-containing alloys such as steel, stainless steel and pig iron.
Check construction supplies for damage, moisture, loss or other problems before using the material.
Technicalities over mechanics in aircrafts and related topics in order to perform a wide range of repais in aircrafts.
Grip gas cylinders in a safe manner and ensure they are compliant with safety and health regulations.
The manufacture of metal cable, plaited bands and other articles of that typr, uninsulated or insulated cable not capable of being used as a conductor of electricity, coated or cored wire as well as barbed wire, wire fencing, grill, netting, cloth etc. Manufacture of coated electrodes for electric arc-welding, nails and pins, chain and springs (except watch springs): as well as leaves for springs.
Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.
The way energy forces interact and affect components in motor vehicles such as cars, buses, invalid carriages and other motorised vehicles.
The manufacture of reservoirs, tanks and similar containers of metal, of types normally installed as fixtures for storage or manufacturing use. The manufacture of metal containers for compressed or liquefied gas.
Apply the relevant health and safety procedures in construction in order to prevent accidents, pollution and other risks.
Operate a cutting torch fueled by oxyacetylene gas safely to perform cutting processes on a workpiece.
Inspect and mark parts of the workpiece to indicate how they will fit into the finished product.
Ensure the necessary, usually constant, pressure of gas which is part of a machine or tool, such as torching equipment, used to process metal workpieces during metal fabrication processes.
Apply a chemical cleaning agent, such as ammonium chloride, rosin, hydrochloric acid, zinc chloride, borax, and others, that removes the oxidation from metals being joined during soldering, brazing, and welding processes.
The manufacture of pails, cans, drums, buckets, boxes, through metalworking processes.
Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical equipment.
Metal processes linked to the different types of metal, such as casting processes, heat treatment processes, repair processes and other metal manufacturing processes.
Transport heavy objects using lifting equipment such as cranes, forklifts etc.
The various weapons and weapon systems used to protect citizens and to harm or shield incoming enemies and enemy weapons.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
Operate an oxygen cutting torch to cut metal, which uses an oxidation reaction combined with heat, allowing quick reaction with iron and steel but uneffective on other materials. Advance the flame at the right speed to allow the exothermic reaction to sustain itself through the thickness of the object to be cut.
Understand different techniques for the bending of metal sheets. Connect knowledge of different techniques with activities such as assembly, design, and maintenance.
The manufacture of heavy weapons (artillery, mobile guns, rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, heavy machine guns), small arms (revolvers, shotguns, light machine guns), air or gas guns and pistols, and war ammunition. Also the manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition and of explosive devices such as bombs, mines and torpedoes.
The various technologies used for the smoothening, polishing and buffing of fabricated metal workpieces.
Use a plasma cutting torch, which forces a narrow stream of plasma through a nozzle to melt metal, and a gas jet to blow the molten metal away.
The manufacture of knives and cutting blades for machines or for mechanical appliances, hand tools such as pliers, screwdrivers etc. The manufacture of non-power-driven agricultural hand tools, saws and saw blades, including circular saw blades and chainsaw blades. The manufacture of interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools: drills, punches, milling cutters etc. The manufacture of press tools, moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds), vices and clamps, and blacksmiths’ tools: forges, anvils etc.
Use soldering equipment, such as a soldering gun, a soldering torch or a gas-powered iron, to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.
Operate temperature gauges to maintain food and drink items at appropriate temperatures.
Write records of the repairs and maintenance interventions undertaken, of parts and materials used, and other repair facts.
Take necessary precautions and follow a set of measures that assess, prevent and tackle risks when working at a high distance from the ground. Prevent endangering people working under these structures and avoid falls from ladders, mobile scaffolding, fixed working bridges, single person lifts etc. since they may cause fatalities or major injuries.
The manufacture of steam or other vapour generators, the manufacture of auxiliary plant for use with steam generators: condensers, economisers, superheaters, steam collectors and accumulators. The manufacture of nuclear reactors, parts for marine or power boilers. Also the production of pipe system construction comprising further processing of tubes generally to make pressure pipes or pipe systems together with the associated design and construction work.