Sheet Metal Worker, Construction

Work setting

• Installation
• Service
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
• Calculate heating and cooling loads, design duct systems and select equipment for residential and small commercial construction
• Inspect products to ensure quality and conformity to specification
• Develop computerized pattern and layout
• Instruct apprentices
• Cut materials using power tools or by hand
• Assemble, erect and install hoisting and rigging equipment
• Operate CADD and other computer software systems
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Fit and join sheet metal parts
• Install sheet metal products according to specifications and building codes

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Tight deadlines

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player