General:
Manipulates and forms sheet metal, structural steel and other metal stock to fabricate, maintain or repair metal products and structures.
Tasks Include:
- reads and interprets drawings and specifications
- cuts, rolls, bends, shapes, moulds, spins, heats or hammers metal products to fabricate parts or sub-assemblies
- heat treats metal parts and components
- sets up and operates welding equipment to complete welding tasks
- fits and assembles metallic components by riveting, bolting, welding, brazing or soldering
- finishes products by cleaning, polishing, filling or bathing them in acidic solutions
- measures quality of fabricated parts or sub-assemblies
- marks out metal stock with reference points and lines and makes templates
- may set up and operate spinning lathes to spin shaped articles from sheet or structural metal
- may plan, lay out and fabricate mould patterns for producing metal castings and form sand moulds and cores for the production of metal castings
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