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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 “Metalsmith Apprentice”

Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.
Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers.
Perform sheet metal work necessary for solar panel installations.
Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.
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.
Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation.
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 assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks.
Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications.
Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products.
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 or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
Fasten roof panel edges or machine-made moldings to structures by nailing or welding.
Develop or lay out patterns, using computerized metalworking equipment.
Secure metal roof panels in place by interlocking and fastening grooved panel edges.
Install green architectural sheet metal components, such as cool roofs or hot or cold walls.
Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.
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.
Construct components for high-performance wind turbine systems.

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Dimplers
Bumping hammers
AC welding power units
Trammel points
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Bar folders
Portable plasma cutters
V-notchers
Portable spot welders
Computer controlled saws
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Scratch awls
Cold-cut saws
Tap sets
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U-tube manometers
Protective clothing
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Smoke testers
Rotary punches
Vise grip pliers
Multimeters
Combustion analyzers
Hoists
Wire cutters
Aviation snips
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Slings
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Tape measures
Tongs
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Clamp-on ammeters
Angle grinders
Stack thermometers
Computer controlled presses
Pitot tubes
Polishers
Nibblers
Double seaming equipment
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Circular saws
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Templates
Easy edgers
Hacksaws
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Adjustable wrenches
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Pressure gauges
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Pipe reamers
C clamps
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Stencils
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Drifts
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Ball peen hammers
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Dial indicators
Hammers
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Millivolt meters
Hand brakes
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Slip roll formers
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Pneumatic impact wrenches
Ohmmeters
Single-cut mill saw files
Socket wrench sets
Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
Power brakes
Cutoff saws
Microamp meters
Oxygen testers
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
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AC/DC welding power units
Box and pan brakes
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Beam compasses
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Laser printers
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Plumb bobs
Hand dollies
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Scale rulers
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Hammer drills
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Hydraulic presses
Digital multimeters
Squaring shears
Laser levels
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Hole punches
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Calipers
Ear muffs
T squares
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Plasma cutters
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Safety gloves
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Setting hammers
Dividers
Drill presses
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Chain hoists
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Rivet presses
Inclined manometers
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Ring and circular shears
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Riveting tools
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Unishears
Center punches
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