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