Overview
No degree, certificate or diploma
3 years to less than 5 years
3 years to less than 5 years
- Saws
- Patterned rollers
- Milling machines
- Fabricating machine
- Troubleshoot and make minor adjustments to equipment
- Structural metal or steel
- Platework
- Metal product fabrication industry
- Weld or bolt sections together
- Set up and operate heavy-duty metal-working machines
- Inspect products to ensure quality and conformity to specification
- Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
- Construct patterns and templates
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints, determine the materials required, and plan the sequence of tasks to cut metal most efficiently
- Rig, hoist and move materials to storage areas or within worksite
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine specifications and calculate requirements
- Noisy
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- In shop