331936 Sheetmetal Worker

• Sheetmetal Fabricator

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 3: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, AQF Certificate IV, or at least three years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 3: NZQF Level 4 qualification, or at least three years of relevant experience

• 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