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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 Apprentice
- Metal Fabricator
- Metal Box Maker
- Hand Former
- Ground Support Equipment Assembler
- Fabricator Assembler Metal Products
- Cage Maker, Machine
Tasks for “Structural Steel Fitter”
- Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
- Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
- Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
- Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
- Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
- Tack-weld fitted parts together.
- Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
- Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
- Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
- Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
- Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
- Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
- Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
- Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- 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.
- Install boilers, containers, and other structures.
- Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
- 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
- Straightening presses
- Metal inert gas MIG welding equipment
- Metal cutting taps
- Milling machines
- Transit levels
- Tracked bulldozers
- Brakes
- Hand clamps
- Drift pins
- Reamers
- Roll benders
- Surface gauges
- Power hoists
- Punches
- Layout squares
- Hand torch welders
- Measuring tapes
- Pry bars
- Jacks
- Hand torches
- Adjustable wrenches
- Locking pliers
- Power hacksaws
- Turnbuckles
- Scaffolding
- Center punches
- Power chippers
- Precision files
- Cutoff saws
- Welding torches
- Belt sanders
- Personal computers
- Claw hammers
- Sine bars
- Tack welding equipment
- Steel rules
- Wedges
- Desktop computers
- Hand shears
- Flame cutters
- Protractors
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Scribers
- Dial indicators
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Heating furnaces
- Bench vises
- Radial drills
- Power grinders
- Ladders
- Micrometers
- Radial arm saws
- Edge planers
- Vernier height gauges
- Magnetic drill presses
- Lathes
- Paint spray guns
- Forklifts
- Sledgehammers
- Straight screwdrivers
- End milling machines
- Plasma cutters
- Drill presses
- Beverly shears
- Positioning jigs
- Unishears
- Rivet guns
- Overhead cranes
- Computerized numerical control CNC metal-cutting machines
- Computerized numerical control CNC press brakes
- Dividers
- Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Data entry software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Word processing software