Sheetmetal Worker

Description

Marks out, shapes, forms and joins sheetmetal and other materials to make products and components.

Description

This unit group covers Fabrication Engineering Trades Workers not elsewhere classified. It includes Blacksmiths, Electroplaters, Farriers, Metal Casting Trades Workers, Metal Polishers and Sheetmetal Workers.

Tasks include

• Studies blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job, material and equipment requirements
• Selects metal stock such as stainless steel, galvanised iron, mild steel, aluminium and copper, and checks sizes, gauges and other dimensions of metal stock against specifications
• Marks out metal stock with reference points and lines, using templates, gauges and other measuring instruments
• Cuts metal stock along guidelines using hand and power shears, computerised laser and plasma cutters, guillotines and drills
• Shapes and forms cut metal stock into products using folding and bending machines, rollers, presses and hammers
• Fits and assembles components into final products by welding, riveting, soldering, brazing and otherwise joining
• Finishes products by polishing, filing, sanding and cleaning assembled products
• May specialise in fabrication, or on-site assembly and installation of sheetmetal products
• May produce aircraft sheetmetal components