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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2211.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 51,080.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 24.00
Currently, there are 134,450 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Sheet Metal Workers”.

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Tasks for “Air Conditioning or Heating Duct Installer”

Perform building commissioning activities by completing mechanical inspections of a building's water, lighting, or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
Verify 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).
Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
Hire, train, or supervise new employees or apprentices.
Fasten roof panel edges or machine-made moldings to structures by nailing or welding.
Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products.
Maintain equipment, making repairs or modifications when necessary.
Construct components for high-performance wind turbine systems.
Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers.
Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications.
Perform sheet metal work necessary for solar panel installations.
Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks.
Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.
Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.
Fasten seams or joints together with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, or bonds to assemble components into products or to repair sheet metal items.
Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.
Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation.
Install green architectural sheet metal components, such as cool roofs or hot or cold walls.
Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.
Develop or lay out patterns, using computerized metalworking equipment.
Maneuver completed roofing units into position for installation.
Fabricate ducts for high efficiency heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to maximize efficiency of systems.
Secure metal roof panels in place by interlocking and fastening grooved panel edges.

Related Technology & Tools

Cutoff saws
Box and pan brakes
Rotary punches
Microamp meters
Electric impact wrenches
Computer controlled presses
Pipe cutters
Safety gloves
Turning machines
Stack thermometers
Jigs
Seamers
Psychrometers
Bolt cutters
Pipe reamers
Transit levels
Stencils
Hammers
Cold-cut saws
Vise grip pliers
Dividers
Circular saws
Ball peen hammers
Wiring machines
Single-cut mill saw files
T squares
Scratch awls
Pneumatic riveters
Laser cutters
Nut drivers
Slings
Aviation snips
Tongs
Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
Power sanders
Calibrated flow hoods
Hoists
C clamps
Safety goggles
Pneumatic hammers
Combustion analyzers
Micrometers
Easy edgers
Power punches
Portable plasma cutters
Tape measures
Draft gauges
Welding facial shields
Caulking guns
AC welding power units
Spirit levels
Riveting tools
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
AC/DC welding power units
Portable spot welders
Clamp-on ammeters
Allen wrenches
Magnehelic pressure gauges
Chain hoists
Side cutting pliers
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Groovers
Soldering furnaces
Set squares
Pressure gauges
Scaffolding
Welding helmets
Humidity sensors
Pop rivet guns
Polishers
Templates
Setting hammers
Burring machines
Calipers
Inclined manometers
Cleat folders
Ohmmeters
Hand notchers
Wire cutters
Mechanical tachometers
Ammeters
Nibblers
Cold chisels
Oxygen testers
Scale rulers
Angle grinders
Hand brakes
Bumping hammers
Screwdrivers
Safety glasses
Riveting hammers
Drill presses
Spot welders
Spiral duct machines
Power brakes
Punches
Socket wrench sets
Framing squares
Pitot tubes
Protractors
Center punches
Bandsaws
V-notchers
Hydraulic presses
U-tube manometers
Desktop computers
Millivolt meters
Adjustable wrenches
Hydraulic hoists
Beading machines
Beam compasses
Protective clothing
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Dimplers
Combination snips
Cleat formers
Power buffers
Foot shears
Prick punches
Ear muffs
Rivet presses
Computer controlled saws
Personal computers
Power shears
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Pneumatic impact wrenches
Dial indicators
Laser levels
Hand dollies
Plumb bobs
Drifts
Unishears
Double seaming equipment
Velometers
Ring and circular shears
Strobe tachometers
Hacksaws
Electric drills
Hole punches
Ladders
Plasma cutters
Bar folders
Cordless drills
Laser printers
Trammel points
Multimeters
Chalk lines
Digital multimeters
Power routers
Scribers
Tap sets
Power notchers
Hard hats
Hammer drills
Power presses
Squaring shears
Vernier calipers
Welding tips
Squares
Hand crimpers
Pipe threaders
Straightedges
Slip roll formers
Smoke testers
Tempscribes

Revcad Software Sheet Lightning
UGS NX
Microsoft Windows
Applied Production ProFold
FCC Software AutoPOL Series
Computer aided design CAD software
XY Soft Sheet Cutting Suite
Applied Production ProFab
Spreadsheet software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Creo Parametric Pro/ENGINEER
JETCAM Expert
Microsoft Excel
QuickPen DuctDesigner 3D
Microsoft Office
Striker Systems SS-Profile
Data entry software
Merry Mechanization SMP/IS
Corte Certo
Autodesk AutoCAD
WiCAM PN4000