Joseph Casey

MG Steelworks has been the bulk of my working career in New Zealand.

My duties here included -

• Erecting structural steel buildings and frames with mechanical fixings and welding processes.
• Crane dogging and rigging
• Quality assurance processes to finalize builds to high quality standards
• Identification of workshop errors and on-site remedial fabrication and detailer modifications
• Removal of unnecessary steel from existing buildings with oxy-acetylene and cutting tools
• Heavy plant operation - Tele-handler, fork-lifts, knuckle-booms etc.
• Workshop and on-site structural welding. This includes overhead and vertical positions with corresponding tickets required
• Overseeing jobs in supervisory role

My first job when I arrived in New Zealand was a short project in Twizel constructing a rotary dairy shed.

My main duties were -

• Marking out, assembly and installation of various dairy related structures
• Installation and erection of frames and trusses
• Welding up steel balustrades, gates and other farm related metal structures - Mainly light gauge gas-less welding
• Organizing and erecting corresponding steel from engineering plans
• Various welding repairs on heavy steel such digger buckets and drilling equipment such as augers - Arc welding
• Marking out and welding cleats and for steel-concrete bolt connections

GLD Welding was under a sponsorship scheme in Australia on a 4 year working visa. in addition to 1 year prior work with this company before being offered a long term role

Work here included -

• Manufacture of various steel products in a workshop environment and installs on-site.
• Reading shop drawings and using welding and fabrication processes to create high quality, truss cleats and metal beams
• Use of various machines and tools including steel croppers and benders
• Fabrication and install of metal walkways and architectural canopies\gates for residential and commercial builds
• Pipeline welding

GLD's sister company NAPS consisted of the installation of alluminium composite sheets, which consisted of:

• Cutting and routing of Alucobond sheets for various architectural displays including building cladding and interior features.

• Preparation and fitting of tophat and batons to ensure a straight and accurate surface to fix to.

• Fitting sheets and panels to a high degree of accuracy after the fabrication stage.