Factory Hand / Fabric Welder / Mesh Production -- Retractable Flyscreens

Job Description

Factory Hand / Fabric Welder / Mesh Production — Retractable Flyscreens

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If you've run a fabric welder, you already know most of this job

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We're building out a dedicated mesh production line at our Carrum Downs factory, and we need someone to own it. If you've welded zips and keders onto screen fabric before, you'll be up to speed in a week. If you haven't but you're accurate, careful and good with your hands, we'll teach you.

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About Freedom Retractable Screens

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We're an industry leader in retrofit retractable screens, with over 70 years of combined experience customising and installing doors and screens across greater Melbourne and Victoria. Our products are Australian-made and defined by style, quality and intelligent innovation.

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Our factory is in Carrum Downs. We've grown every year for the past ten, we have more work in the pipeline than we've ever had, and we're now bringing more screen manufacturing in-house — which is exactly why this role exists.

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About the Role

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Mesh is the part of a retractable screen the customer looks at and touches every single day. Every screen we build is custom, so every piece of mesh is cut and finished to one specific opening. There's no run of a thousand identical parts — it's one job at a time, done right.

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You'll work off the job sheet, cut the mesh to size, weld the keder, zips and splines on our Ultracut Duoweld impulse welder, check it, and hand it to assembly knowing it's correct. If it isn't right, it doesn't leave your bench.

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What you'll do

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Work from job sheets — read the measurements, plan the cut, check before you cut

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Cut mesh to size from the roll of fibreglass insect mesh or blind material

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Set up and run the Ultracut Duoweld impulse welder — select weld width, set the right parameters for the fabric, position and weld keder, zips and splines

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Check every piece before it moves on — square, straight, clean consistent weld, no holes, no creasing

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Match each piece to its job and order number, label it and stage it for assembly

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Basic care of the machine, and telling us early when something's not right, whether it's the fabric, the machine or the job sheet

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Operating various other machines and equipment used in the manufacturing processes

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Assisting with the loading and unloading of raw materials, parts, and finished products

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Maintaining a clean and organised work environment

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Collaborating with team members to identify and implement process improvements

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Completing all necessary documentation and record-keeping related to production activities

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Assist with day-to-day logistics tasks

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You might be coming from

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You don't need retractable screen experience. If you've done any of these, the skill transfers:

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Outdoor and café blinds, privacy screens, awnings — this is very close to the same job

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PVC and vinyl fabrication — marquees, tarps, covers, liners, truck curtains, pool covers

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Signage and large-format print finishing — banner hems, pole pockets, welded seams

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Marine trimming, boat covers and biminis

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CNC fabric cutting — Vectrocut, Matic or similar

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Industrial sewing, canvas or upholstery — the joining method is different, but the measuring, cutting and material handling all carry across

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What You'll Bring

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Accurate measuring and cutting — you work to the millimetre, and you check twice

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Confidence with an impulse, hot-air, hot-wedge or RF fabric welder, or the willingness to learn one properly

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Genuine attention to detail, and the honesty to flag your own mistakes

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Ability to work on your own once you know the job, and as part of a small team

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Comfortable reading job sheets and measurements in English

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Reliable transport to Carrum Downs — we're in an industrial estate, so it's easier with a car

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Hands‐on time with a Duoweld or any other impulse or hot‐air fabric welder

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Experience welding keder, zips or spline onto screen fabric

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Experience in a custom or make‐to‐order environment where no two jobs are the same

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What You'll Love

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Full-time or casual — tell us which suits you

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Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm — no shift work, no weekends

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Regular overtime available for anyone who wants it

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Paid, hands‐on training on the Duoweld and on our product

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You'd own the mesh line rather than being one pair of hands on a bench

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A small, tight team where the work you do is visible and it matters

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"You only get out what you put in" – at Freedom Screens Victoria, effort never goes unnoticed.