What's the difference between a Welder and a Fitter?

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I know the two usually go hand in hand but could someone clarify?
Reply:the fitter will consult the prints and put the components of the weldment in the proper place and the welder will tack and weld it up.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:Originally Posted by docwelderthe fitter will consult the prints and put the components of the weldment in the proper place and the welder will tack and weld it up.
Reply:The fitter does all the tough stuff and then at the end of day puts the welder in the box , locks it, and goes home.   Sorry just had to say that
Reply:Welders rule,  fitters drool.Sent from my SGH-M919 using TapatalkLong after the price is forgotten, the quality will remain.Both of my Poppy's 1954 Short Hoods -Third generation to weld with it and teaching a fourthSA 2## - Bought and sold more than I can remember or care to list, 8 in the shop right now
Reply:Fitters know how to weld, Weldors many tines don't know how to fit and layout.Miller xmt304,  Miller S22 p12, Miier Maxstar SD, Miller 252 w 30A, Miller super32p12, Lincoln Ranger 9, Thermal Arc 181I with spoolgun, Hypertherm 10000 ,Smith torches. Esab 161lts miniarc.
Reply:fitters have a trade, welders have a skill.
Reply:after he fails the welding test the fitter (aka welder's b!tch) will console himself by holding the parts while the welder finishes the job to code hahahahahahi.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:I have to do both at once.......zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Originally Posted by BD1The fitter does all the tough stuff and then at the end of day puts the welder in the box , locks it, and goes home.   Sorry just had to say that
Reply:Originally Posted by TimmyTIGfitters have a trade, welders have a skill.
Reply:Each geographic area has its own terms.  Also each type of metal industry uses their own.  I have a trades qualification as a fabricator or as some people say fitter.  The occupation involves a great deal of math including Smoley's tables which I escaped except for first year of my apprenticeship.  With CAD a lot of the things we did on the shop floor are gone.  I had an instructor that could use Smoley's log tables as fast as we could do the problem on our calculators.  Some of the log numbers he had memorized.  Most of the physicists working on the atom bomb could spout off the complete log tables from memory.  In a large shop a fitter will only cut material, form and tack assemblies together.  After he has put weld symbols on the item the checker looks it over and it is passed on to a welder.  This is typical in large structural steel shops.  The fabricator would be capable of operating brake, ironworker, shear, burning table and rolls.  In a small operation with less than ten men you can't afford to have one person assigned to one task.  As a result a fitter or fabricator is expected to do his own welding.  At the other end of the scale like in local shipyards a shipfitter is only allowed to do tack welds two inches long maximum.  When I worked aluminum I was not allowed to weld at all.  I had a man or woman assigned to me who did all my tacking.  The historical reason for this rule is that when riveting was abandoned in the yard the riveters were trained to weld.  Since the riveters did not want to lose their position the union rule came out.   In the pipe trades "fitter" is almost use universally and "fabricator" is never mentioned.  Typically fitters make a couple of dollars more an hour with the exception of pressure rated welders.
Reply:Good fitter definitions above.  One thing that could be added is that in the case of B.C. boilermakers, there are welders and 'fitter/riggers'.  Riggers using a crane or whatever get the load within a couple feet and the fitters, working with welders, take over for the final fit-up.  Although a journeyman fitter will also be qualified in heavy rigging, usually they get known for which section they fit in best.