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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

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Tasks for “Sheet Metal Workers”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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