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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 Worker Apprentice”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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