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Job Description
Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-2041.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 40,000.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 19.00
- Currently, there are 77,270 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters”.
Also Known As…
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Welder-Fabricator
- Weld Technician
- Tack Welder
- Structural Steel Fitter
- Ship Fitter
- Mill Beam Fitter
- Layout Man
- Fitter, Welder
- Fitter
- Fabricator
- Weld Fitter
- Structural Fitter
- Structural and Ornamental Metalwork Steel Fabricator
- Structural and Ornamental Metalwork Metal Fabricator
- Steelworker
- Steel Fabricator
- Ship Propeller Finisher
- Protector Plate Attacher
- Precision Structural Metal Fitter
- Pneumatic Tool Operator
- Ornamental Metal Worker Apprentice
- Ornamental Metal Worker
- Motorcycle Maker
- Motorcycle Fabricator
- Motorcycle Assembler
- Metal Framer
- Metal Fabricator Apprentice
- Metal Fabricator
- Metal Box Maker
- Hand Former
- Ground Support Equipment Assembler
- Fabricator Assembler Metal Products
- Cage Maker, Machine
Tasks for “Fitter, Welder”
- Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
- Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Install boilers, containers, and other structures.
- Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
- Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
- Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Tack-weld fitted parts together.
- Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
- Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
- Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
- Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
- Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
- Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
- Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
- 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.
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
- Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
- Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Roll benders
- Personal computers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Transit levels
- Power hoists
- Power chippers
- Claw hammers
- Hand clamps
- Metal cutting taps
- Straight screwdrivers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Dial indicators
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Edge planers
- Tracked bulldozers
- Reamers
- Forklifts
- Welding torches
- Computerized numerical control CNC metal-cutting machines
- Computerized numerical control CNC press brakes
- Belt sanders
- Desktop computers
- Surface gauges
- Hand shears
- Flame cutters
- Plasma cutters
- Precision files
- Protractors
- Brakes
- Tack welding equipment
- Straightening presses
- Overhead cranes
- Vernier height gauges
- Heating furnaces
- Ladders
- Locking pliers
- Unishears
- Hand torch welders
- Sledgehammers
- Rivet guns
- Scaffolding
- Magnetic drill presses
- Paint spray guns
- Measuring tapes
- End milling machines
- Power hacksaws
- Steel rules
- Micrometers
- Cutoff saws
- Drift pins
- Punches
- Bench vises
- Wedges
- Center punches
- Pry bars
- Layout squares
- Radial drills
- Hand torches
- Lathes
- Drill presses
- Radial arm saws
- Positioning jigs
- Scribers
- Dividers
- Jacks
- Sine bars
- Power grinders
- Turnbuckles
- Milling machines
- Beverly shears
- Metal inert gas MIG welding equipment
- Microsoft Excel
- Data entry software
- Spreadsheet software
- Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Word processing software