Fabrication Engineering Trades Workers

Fabrication Engineering Trades Workers cast, shape, cut, join and finish metal. Panel Beaters and Vehicle Body Builders are excluded from this minor group.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this minor group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

#### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

**Tasks include:**

- studying blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine requirements and material, and selecting metal stock - moulding molten metal, and applying protective and decorative finishes to metal products - drawing and marking out patterns - heating metal stock and shaping it using hammers - cutting stock and moulding components to shape using hand tools, cutting torches and machine tools - joining components by welding, soldering, brazing, riveting, bolting, screwing and gluing - finishing products by cleaning, filing, sanding and polishing, and applying protective finishes