Sheetmetal Trades Workers
Sheetmetal Trades Workers mark out, shape, form and join sheetmetal and other materials to make products and components.
Fun facts
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Very Strong Future Growth
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1229 Weekly Pay Before Tax
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92% full-time Full-Time Share
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1% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by sheetmetal trades workers. A few are listed below:
- studying blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job, material and equipment requirements
- selecting metal stock, such as stainless steel, galvanised iron, mild steel, aluminium and copper, and checking sizes, gauges and other dimensions of metal stock against specifications
- marking out metal stock with reference points and lines, using templates, gauges and other measuring instruments
- cutting metal stock along guidelines using hand and power shears, guillotines and drills
- shaping and forming cut metal stock into products using folding and bending machines, rollers, presses and hammers
- fitting and assembling components into final products by welding, riveting, soldering, brazing and otherwise joining
- finishing products by polishing, filing, sanding and cleaning assembled products
- may repair damaged sheetmetal products and components
- may specialise in fabrication, or on-site assembly and installation, of sheetmetal products
- may produce aircraft sheet metal components requiring advanced drawing and calculating skills
- may specialise in decorative copperwork
Specific occupations
- Sheetmetal Trades Worker
- Metal Spinner
- Sheetmetal Patternmaker