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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 Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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