How do they match: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

  • Iron Worker
  • Machine Shop Fitter
  • Ornamental Metal Worker
  • Ornamental Metal Worker Apprentice

  • Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
  • Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
  • Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
  • Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
  • Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
  • Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
  • Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.

  • Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
  • Construct patterns, templates, or other work aids.
  • Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
  • Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
  • Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.
  • Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.