All about the profession of a welding engineer

Knowing everything about the profession of a welding engineer, it will be very easy to make the right choice. After all, it will be completely clear what this field of activity is and how to deal with it. It is equally important, however, to know where to get professional training, what are the prospects for employment.

Welding engineer is in many ways a unique profession. It is at the junction of theory and practice. Professionals should know thoroughly both of these components in order to avoid serious errors. A welding engineer conducts his work at the intersection of such disciplines as:

• electronics;
• metallurgy industry;
• metal science;
• general materials science;
• strength of materials;
• industrial automation;
• solid state physics.

Special attention deserves an international welding engineer. This job is even more complicated than the usual activities of a leading industrial welding engineer. A worldwide accreditation body awards IWE specialization to international welding engineers. Usually this status can be obtained by students of higher educational institutions with at least a bachelor's level. But all this is decided individually.

Attention is drawn not only to formal qualifications, but also to direct experience in engineering work. It is worth considering that welding engineers very rarely pick up the apparatus and electrodes themselves. They personally perform only the most responsible or demanding work requirements. In normal situations, the attention of a welding engineer is focused on such points as:

• general management of welding operations;
• compliance with technological standards;
• compliance with safety standards;
• development of new technological processes;
• the introduction of previously not practiced processing techniques.

For obvious reasons, a welding engineer should have a very clear idea of ​​all the properties of metals and alloys. And he also needs to clearly understand the basic rules for performing welding work. We'll have to figure out how to organize the welders workflow, how to equip their jobs.

What exactly a welding engineer does in an enterprise is prescribed in his personal job description. But in most cases they write about the following:

• development of new methods and approaches to work;
• preparation of production sites;
• monitoring the implementation of basic technological standards;
• verification of compliance with safety regulations (not only when welding in the narrow sense, but also when using other equipment on the site, in the workshop);
• ensuring the rational, lean use of consumables and basic equipment;
• search for any ways to improve work, increase efficiency;
• daily management of a team of welders and other subordinate specialists;
• tuning, debugging of newly acquired or repaired equipment.

The circle of necessary knowledge includes the following:

• regulations on the organization of labor;
• regulations in the professional field;
• strength theory;
• basic fundamentals of electrical engineering;
• types of welding;
• types of practiced compounds and their designation in the working documentation;
• quality control methods;
• types of welding defects and ways to deal with it;
• technical regulations, state and industry standards;
• requirements of Gosgortekhnadzor of the Russian Federation.

Vocational training for a welding engineer in our country takes place in the specialization "Engineering". In the list of codes of training specialties - 03/15/01. Important: first of all, it is worth studying where this general specialization is concretized. Most often, the wording is “Engineering. Equipment and technology for welding production. ”

Regardless of the educational institution and the name of the course, you will need to take exams in such subjects as:

• mathematics;
• physics;
• Russian language;
• Informatics.

More precisely, everyone passes their native language and mathematics, but the choice of physics or computer science in the entrance test is determined by the administration of the educational institution. Full-time study lasts 4 years. All other forms of education in this specialty will require 5 years. In the Russian capital, the best welding engineers are trained at the Bauman MSTU, as well as at the Gubkin Oil University. But you can also enter the national research university MPEI.

Another similar area of ​​training is in such universities as:

• SPbSU;
• Magnitogorsk Technical University;
• Volgograd State Technical University;
• Federal Northeastern University;
• Federal Far Eastern University;
• Kurgan State University;
• Izhevsk Technical University;
• Nizhny Novgorod Technical University;
• Yaroslavl Technical University.

Welding engineers can find use in almost any industry. Such specialists have the right to rely on employment in construction companies or in research organizations of the relevant industries. Work as a welding engineer is possible in any region of Russia. With the necessary training, it will also be possible to find a job abroad.Accurately characterizing the income of such a specialist is very difficult.

Salary, albeit higher than in working professions, but clearly depends on both the level of qualification and a particular company. It is expected that the highest incomes await those who improve their skills and expand the versatility of skills. On average, in Russia, a welding engineer can count on wages from 30 to 45 thousand rubles. In the metropolitan area, rates range from 80 to 120 thousand.