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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 “Duralumin Mechanic”

Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and 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.
Construct components for high-performance wind turbine systems.
Develop or lay out patterns, using computerized metalworking equipment.
Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.
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.
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.
Install green architectural sheet metal components, such as cool roofs or hot or cold walls.
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).
Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.
Secure metal roof panels in place by interlocking and fastening grooved panel edges.
Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.
Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks.
Hire, train, or supervise new employees or apprentices.
Maintain equipment, making repairs or modifications when necessary.
Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications.
Perform sheet metal work necessary for solar panel installations.
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.
Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products.
Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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