Overview
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
5 years or more
5 years or more
- Shop fabrication
- Retrofit
- Repair
- Installation
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Instruct apprentices
- Estimate costs and materials
- Resistance or spot welding
- Gas metal ARC (GMAW) (MIG)
- Gas tungsten ARC (GTAW) (TIG)
- Operate metalworking machines to cut, punch, drill, shape or straighten sheet metal
- Measure and mark sheet metal according to template
- Inspect products to ensure quality and conformity to specification
- Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
- Cut materials using power tools or by hand
- Fit and join sheet metal parts
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
- Fast-paced environment
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Tight deadlines
- Overtime required
- In shop
- Urban area
- Stainless steel equipment
- Decorative metal sheets
- Custom sheet metal items
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Organized