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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”.
Also Known As…
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Sheet Metal Worker
- Sheet Metal Mechanic
- Sheet Metal Layout Mechanic
- Sheet Metal Installer
- Sheet Metal Foreman
- Sheet Metal Fabricator
- Sheet Metal Apprentice
- Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker
- HVAC Sheet Metal Installer (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Installer)
- Field Installer
- Wind Turbine Sheet Metal Worker
- Whitesmith
- Tinsmith Apprentice
- Tinsmith
- Tinner
- Tinker
- Tin Worker
- Template Layout Worker
- Template Fitter
- Spouting Installer
- Spouter
- Shop Assistant
- Sheet Metal Worker Apprentice
- Sheet Metal Work Furnace Installer
- Sheet Metal Technician
- Sheet Metal Smith
- Sheet Metal Operator
- Sheet Metal Layout Worker
- Sheet Metal Lay Out Worker
- Sheet Metal Journeyman
- Sheet Metal Former
- Sheet Metal Erector
- Sheet Metal Duct Installer Apprentice
- Sheet Metal Duct Installer
- Sheet Metal Assembler
- Metalsmith Apprentice
- Metalsmith
- Metal Worker
- Metal Work Duct Installer
- Metal Technician
- Metal Ceiling Hanger
- Metal Ceiling Builder
- Layout Worker
- Layer Out
- Hood Maker
- Gutter Installer
- Gutter Hanger
- Geothermal Sheet Metal Worker
- Fairing Worker
- Fairing Man
- Extrusion Former
- Duralumin Metalworker
- Duralumin Mechanic
- Dural Mechanic
- Duct Installer
- Cowlman
- Cornice Maker
- Coppersmith Apprentice
- Coppersmith
- Chute Builder
- Ceiling Installer
- Beam Worker
- Aviation Metalsmith
- Angle Bender
- Aircraft Metalsmith
- Air Duct Mechanic
- Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Installer
- Air Conditioning Installer
Tasks for “Air Conditioning or Heating Duct Installer”
- Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers.
- Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products.
- Maneuver completed roofing units into position for installation.
- Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications.
- Construct components for high-performance wind turbine systems.
- Develop or lay out patterns, using computerized metalworking equipment.
- Fabricate ducts for high efficiency heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to maximize efficiency of systems.
- Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
- 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.
- Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.
- Fasten roof panel edges or machine-made moldings to structures by nailing or welding.
- Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
- Perform building commissioning activities by completing mechanical inspections of a building's water, lighting, or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
- Install green architectural sheet metal components, such as cool roofs or hot or cold walls.
- Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.
- Perform sheet metal work necessary for solar panel installations.
- 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).
- Hire, train, or supervise new employees or apprentices.
- Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.
- Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation.
- Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.
- Maintain equipment, making repairs or modifications when necessary.
- Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks.
- Secure metal roof panels in place by interlocking and fastening grooved panel edges.
Related Technology & Tools
- Hand crimpers
- Dial indicators
- Computer controlled saws
- Aviation snips
- Calibrated flow hoods
- Tongs
- Personal computers
- Hole punches
- Ladders
- Dividers
- Humidity sensors
- Jigs
- Protractors
- Protective clothing
- Spirit levels
- Riveting tools
- Pipe threaders
- Laser levels
- Plumb bobs
- Ammeters
- Welding helmets
- Side cutting pliers
- Safety glasses
- Trammel points
- Turning machines
- Setting hammers
- Beading machines
- Nibblers
- Safety gloves
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Squaring shears
- Burring machines
- Cleat folders
- Center punches
- Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
- Strobe tachometers
- Power notchers
- Slip roll formers
- Punches
- Drifts
- Welding tips
- Hydraulic presses
- Vernier calipers
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Foot shears
- Beam compasses
- Bolt cutters
- Chain hoists
- Desktop computers
- Hydraulic hoists
- Hand brakes
- Mechanical tachometers
- Cold chisels
- Soldering furnaces
- Pneumatic hammers
- Ball peen hammers
- Ear muffs
- Psychrometers
- Dimplers
- Pressure gauges
- Rotary punches
- Power presses
- Hacksaws
- Bumping hammers
- Laser cutters
- Pitot tubes
- Hammer drills
- Groovers
- Easy edgers
- Pneumatic impact wrenches
- Nut drivers
- Inclined manometers
- Portable spot welders
- Magnehelic pressure gauges
- Vise grip pliers
- Portable plasma cutters
- Cold-cut saws
- Pipe reamers
- Hammers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Hand notchers
- Tap sets
- Stack thermometers
- Laser printers
- Ring and circular shears
- AC/DC welding power units
- Squares
- Spiral duct machines
- Pneumatic riveters
- T squares
- Scribers
- Electric impact wrenches
- Unishears
- Power sanders
- Smoke testers
- Prick punches
- Scratch awls
- V-notchers
- Angle grinders
- Wiring machines
- Digital multimeters
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Stencils
- Power punches
- Hand dollies
- Calipers
- Clamp-on ammeters
- Power shears
- Circular saws
- Caulking guns
- Tempscribes
- Cordless drills
- Wire cutters
- Rivet presses
- Pop rivet guns
- Computer controlled presses
- Power buffers
- Scale rulers
- Hard hats
- Double seaming equipment
- Scaffolding
- Templates
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Screwdrivers
- Electric drills
- Plasma cutters
- Socket wrench sets
- Set squares
- Micrometers
- Millivolt meters
- Drill presses
- Multimeters
- Safety goggles
- Allen wrenches
- Riveting hammers
- Bar folders
- Slings
- Oxygen testers
- Box and pan brakes
- Draft gauges
- Welding facial shields
- Polishers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Cutoff saws
- U-tube manometers
- Spot welders
- Power brakes
- Cleat formers
- Combustion analyzers
- Seamers
- Microamp meters
- Combination snips
- C clamps
- AC welding power units
- Velometers
- Tape measures
- Ohmmeters
- Hoists
- Framing squares
- Transit levels
- Pipe cutters
- Chalk lines
- Power routers
- Straightedges
- Bandsaws
- Corte Certo
- WiCAM PN4000
- Microsoft Windows
- Spreadsheet software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Creo Parametric Pro/ENGINEER
- Microsoft Excel
- XY Soft Sheet Cutting Suite
- Revcad Software Sheet Lightning
- QuickPen DuctDesigner 3D
- UGS NX
- Striker Systems SS-Profile
- Applied Production ProFold
- FCC Software AutoPOL Series
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Data entry software
- Merry Mechanization SMP/IS
- Applied Production ProFab
- Microsoft Office
- JETCAM Expert
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software