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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 “Sheet Metal Journeyman”

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.
Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers.
Perform sheet metal work necessary for solar panel installations.
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.
Construct components for high-performance wind turbine systems.
Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation.
Develop or lay out patterns, using computerized metalworking equipment.
Hire, train, or supervise new employees or apprentices.
Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.
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.
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.
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.
Fasten roof panel edges or machine-made moldings to structures by nailing or welding.
Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks.
Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.
Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications.
Perform building commissioning activities by completing mechanical inspections of a building's water, lighting, or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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