Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces.

• Hood Maker
• Sheet-Metal Worker
• Sheet-Metal-Worker Apprentice

• Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction and assembly of sheet metal products.
• Determine project requirements, including scope, assembly sequences, and required methods and materials, according to blueprints, drawings, and written or verbal instructions.
• Develop and lay out patterns that use materials most efficiently, using computerized metalworking equipment to experiment with different layouts.
• Drill and punch holes in metal, for screws, bolts, and rivets.
• Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, and drills.
• Fasten roof panel edges and machine-made molding to structures, nailing or welding pieces into place.
• Fasten seams and joints together with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, and bonds to assemble components into products or to repair sheet metal items.
• Finish parts, using hacksaws, and hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
• Inspect individual parts, assemblies, and installations for conformance to specifications and building codes, using measuring instruments such as calipers, scales, and micrometers.
• Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, and down spouts, in supportive frameworks.
• Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material, such as roofing panels, according to drawings or templates, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, and rulers.
• Maintain equipment, making repairs and modifications when necessary.
• Maneuver completed units into position for installation, and anchor the units.
• Secure metal roof panels in place, and interlock and fasten grooved panel edges.
• Select gauges and types of sheet metal or non-metallic material, according to product specifications.
• Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.
• Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation.
• Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, and smooth surfaces, seams, and joints of assembled parts, using hand tools and portable power tools.

• adhere to safety procedures
• build or repair structures in construction, repair, or manufacturing setting
• climb ladders, scaffolding, or utility or telephone poles
• cut metal or plastic
• determine material or tool requirements
• determine project methods and procedures
• erect scaffold
• examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
• fabricate ducting
• fabricate sheet metal parts or items
• fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
• file, sand, grind, or polish metal or plastic objects
• identify base metals for welding
• identify properties of metals for repair or fabrication activities
• install sheet metal assemblies in supportive framework
• lay out machining, welding or precision assembly projects
• make independent judgment in assembly procedures
• move or fit heavy objects
• operate metal or plastic fabricating equipment/machinery
• operate sheet metal fabrication machines
• perform safety inspections in construction or resource extraction setting
• perform safety inspections in industrial, manufacturing or repair setting
• position, align, or level machines, equipment, or structures
• read blueprints
• read production layouts
• read technical drawings
• recognize characteristics of alloys
• recognize characteristics of metals
• repair sheet metal products
• set up and operate variety of machine tools
• set up production equipment or machinery
• solder metal parts or components together
• stretch, bend, straighten, shape, pound, or press metal or plastic
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use acetylene welding/cutting torch
• use arc welding equipment
• use combination welding procedures
• use hand or power tools
• use machine tools in installation, maintenance, or repair
• use measuring devices in construction or extraction work
• use precision measuring tools or equipment
• use soldering equipment
• weld together metal parts, components, or structures