MIG MAG Welder

You read the fabrication drawing, mark and tack the parts on the jig, then weld the seams in the position the drawing calls for, flat, horizontal or vertical up. Wire, gas mix and current are set for the plate thickness and checked against the welding procedure sheet. After welding you grind the seam, check it visually and with a gauge, and mark your stamp on the part. Shifts run 07:00-15:00 from Monday to Friday, with occasional Saturday overtime.

Technical school certificate in welding or three years at the torch

Confident with MIG and MAG on plate from three to twelve millimetres

Reads a fabrication drawing and a welding symbol

Able to tack on a jig and control distortion

Grinds and checks his own seams before they go to inspection

Basic English for the procedure sheet and the machine display

Residence and work authorisation for Greece, arranged before arrival

Net salary from 1200 up to 1320 EUR per month

Permanent contract after a three month trial period

Full EFKA insurance and the Greek fourteen salary year

Overtime paid at the statutory rate on Saturday work

Company bus from Thessaloniki centre, Diavata and Sindos

Paid certification to the European welding standard after six months

Leather jacket, gloves, automatic helmet and safety boots provided

A welder who passes the European certification for vertical and overhead positions moves to the pressure vessel bench, where the rate is set higher. The workshop trains its own fitters and inspectors from the welding floor.

A high roofed hall with local extraction at every bench, welding screens between stations and a separate grinding booth. An automatic helmet, leather apron, gloves and boots are supplied, and fume extraction is checked twice a year.