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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 “Cowlman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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