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Job Description
Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-2041.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 40,000.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 19.00
- Currently, there are 77,270 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters”.
Also Known As…
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Welder-Fabricator
- Weld Technician
- Tack Welder
- Structural Steel Fitter
- Ship Fitter
- Mill Beam Fitter
- Layout Man
- Fitter, Welder
- Fitter
- Fabricator
- Weld Fitter
- Structural Fitter
- Structural and Ornamental Metalwork Steel Fabricator
- Structural and Ornamental Metalwork Metal Fabricator
- Steelworker
- Steel Fabricator
- Ship Propeller Finisher
- Protector Plate Attacher
- Precision Structural Metal Fitter
- Pneumatic Tool Operator
- Ornamental Metal Worker Apprentice
- Ornamental Metal Worker
- Motorcycle Maker
- Motorcycle Fabricator
- Motorcycle Assembler
- Metal Framer
- Metal Fabricator
- Metal Box Maker
- Hand Former
- Ground Support Equipment Assembler
- Fabricator Assembler Metal Products
- Cage Maker, Machine
Tasks for “Metal Fabricator Apprentice”
- Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
- Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
- Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
- Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
- Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
- Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
- Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
- Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
- Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
- Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
- Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
- Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
- Tack-weld fitted parts together.
- Install boilers, containers, and other structures.
- Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
- Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
- Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
Related Technology & Tools
- Metal inert gas MIG welding equipment
- Unishears
- Overhead cranes
- Edge planers
- Plasma cutters
- Micrometers
- Sledgehammers
- Power chippers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Computerized numerical control CNC metal-cutting machines
- Lathes
- Punches
- Adjustable wrenches
- Dividers
- Radial arm saws
- Scaffolding
- Jacks
- Desktop computers
- Power hoists
- Flame cutters
- Surface gauges
- Hand shears
- Power hacksaws
- Positioning jigs
- Center punches
- Computerized numerical control CNC press brakes
- Straightening presses
- Tack welding equipment
- Tracked bulldozers
- Hand torches
- Metal cutting taps
- Scribers
- Sine bars
- Pry bars
- Paint spray guns
- Drift pins
- Cutoff saws
- Turnbuckles
- Welding torches
- Layout squares
- Magnetic drill presses
- Steel rules
- Belt sanders
- Straight screwdrivers
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Protractors
- Roll benders
- Claw hammers
- Power grinders
- End milling machines
- Wedges
- Reamers
- Precision files
- Radial drills
- Beverly shears
- Brakes
- Drill presses
- Forklifts
- Locking pliers
- Transit levels
- Milling machines
- Bench vises
- Rivet guns
- Hand torch welders
- Ladders
- Personal computers
- Hand clamps
- Measuring tapes
- Dial indicators
- Vernier height gauges
- Heating furnaces
- Spreadsheet software
- Data entry software
- Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software