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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 “Ceiling Installer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Merry Mechanization SMP/IS
Spreadsheet software
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Striker Systems SS-Profile
Revcad Software Sheet Lightning
JETCAM Expert
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XY Soft Sheet Cutting Suite
Microsoft Office
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Computer aided design CAD software
Data entry software
WiCAM PN4000
QuickPen DuctDesigner 3D
UGS NX
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Excel