Occupation
Sheet Metal Workers
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; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.
O*NET 31.0 · 47-2211.00
A typical week, in the words of people in the job
- 01Maintain equipment, making repairs or modifications when necessary.
- 02Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
- 03Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.
- 04Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications.
- 05Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.
- 06Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.
- 07Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products.
- 08Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
- 09Perform building commissioning activities by completing mechanical inspections of a building's water, lighting, or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
- 10Maneuver completed roofing units into position for installation.
- 11Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers.
- 12Verify that heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are designed, installed, and calibrated in accordance with green certification standards, such as those of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
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