A welding technician is typically the person who does the welding in construction or assembly work. He or she also makes critical decisions involving the type of welding techniques, equipment, and processes to be used.

This role is responsible for joining various types of metallic frames, structures, jigs, plates, sheets etc using heating and melting process created through electrical power and gaseous discharge, maintaining process parameters, conducting quality checks on output product and maintaining a safe & healthy working environment on the shop floor