Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Lay out reference points and patterns
- Assemble and fit plates and sections to form structures
- Weld or bolt sections together
- Set up and operate heavy-duty metal-working machines
- Construct patterns and templates
- Install fabricated components in final product
- Rig, hoist and move materials to storage areas or within worksite
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints, determine the materials required, and plan the sequence of tasks to cut metal most efficiently
- Supervise other workers
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Brakes and presses
- Cutting torches
- Drills
- Grinder
- Shears
- Use computer numerical control (CNC) machines