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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 “Tinker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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