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- Plans, lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs and repairs sheet metal parts, equipment and products, utilizing knowledge of working characteristics of metallic and nonmetallic materials, machining and layout techniques, using handtools, power tools, machines and equipment.
- Reads and interprets blueprints, sketches or product specifications to determine sequence and methods of fabricating, assembling and installing sheet metal products.
- Selects gauge and type of sheet metal, such as galvanized iron, copper, steel or aluminum, or nonmetallic material, such as plastics or fiberglass, according to product specifications.
- Lays out and marks dimensions and reference lines on material, using scribers, dividers, squares and rulers, applying knowledge of shop mathematics and layout techniques to develop and trace patterns of product or parts or using templates.
- Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as shears, brakes, presses, forming rolls and routers, to cut, bend, block and form or straighten materials.
- Shapes metal material over anvil, block or other form, using handtools.
- Trims, files, grinds, deburrs, buffs and smoothes surfaces, using handtools and portable power tools.
- Welds, solders, bolts, rivets, screws, clips, caulks or bonds component parts to assemble products, using handtools, power tools and equipment.
- Installs assemblies in supportive framework according to blueprints, using handtools, power tools and lifting and handling devices.
- Inspects assemblies and installation for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, dial indicators, gauges and micrometers.
- Repairs and maintains sheet metal products.
- Operate computer-aided-drafting (CAD) equipment to develop scale drawings of product or system.
- May operate laser-beam cutter or plasma arc cutter to cut patterns from sheet metal.
- Technical/vocational certificate or commensurate experience in sheet metal manufacture.
- A minimum of three years experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Willingness and ability to work collaboratively on a team.
- Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form.
- Deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Calculus: Apply concepts of analytic geometry, differentiation and integration of algebraic functions with applications.
- Algebra: Work with exponents and logarithms, linear equations, quadratic equations, mathematical induction and binomial theoremb and permutations.
- Statistics: Apply mathematical operations to frequency distributions, reliability and validity of tests, normal curve, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, chi-square application and sampling theory and factor analysis.
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