How do they match: Sheet Metal Workers

  • Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Installer
  • Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Mechanic
  • Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Specialist
  • Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Technician

  • Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.

  • Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.
  • Develop or lay out patterns, using computerized metalworking equipment.
  • Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
  • Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
  • Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers.
  • Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks.
  • Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material, such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.
  • Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.
  • Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.