Sheetmetal Workers

Sheetmetal Workers mark out, shape, form and join sheetmetal and other materials to make products and components. Second Class Sheetmetal Workers are excluded from this unit group.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit 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 job, material and equipment requirements - selecting metal stock, such as stainless steel, galvanised iron, mild steel, aluminium and copper, and checking sizes, gauges and other dimensions of metal stock against specifications - marking out metal stock with reference points and lines, using templates, gauges and other measuring instruments - cutting metal stock along guidelines using hand and power shears, computerised laser and plasma cutters, guillotines and drills - shaping and forming cut metal stock into products using folding and bending machines, rollers, presses and hammers - fitting and assembling components into final products by welding, riveting, soldering, brazing and otherwise joining - finishing products by polishing, filing, sanding and cleaning assembled products - may repair damaged sheetmetal products and components - may specialise in fabrication, or on-site assembly and installation, of sheetmetal products - may produce aircraft sheetmetal components requiring advanced drawing and calculating skills - may specialise in decorative copperwork