Occupation: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

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Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
Tack-weld fitted parts together.
Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.

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Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
Install boilers, containers, and other structures.