A.Y.W. Putra, B.S. Wijanarka
The purposes of this research are 1) Identify the duties and 2) tasks of welders in medium-scale welding industries. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The research objects are 4 welders and 3 supervisors/chief productions from two medium-scale car body industries in Magelang, Indonesia. The data collection techniques used are documentation, observation, and interview. The data analysis techniques used are descriptive analysis and DACUM research chart which are validated by an expert's judgment. This research manages to identify (1) six kinds of duties (plan the job, machinery and equipment preparation, material welding, inspect welding results, fix welding results, maintain machinery and equipment) and (2) seventeen kind of tasks that are executed by welders in medium-scale car body welding industries, twenty three knowledge and skills, nine working attitudes that should be owned by a welder, and at least nineteen kind of machines and supporting equipment in which the operation should be mastered by a welder in medium-scale welding industries. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Mechanical Engineering Education, Postgraduate Program, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
