Marks out, shapes, forms and joins sheetmetal and other materials to make products and components.
Training time
1 - 4 years
Employment prospects
Moderate
How do I become a Sheetmetal Trades Worker in Victoria?
To work as a Sheetmetal Trades Worker in Victoria, you'll need:
- A Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade
- Completed apprenticeship
Recommended - Completion of Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or equivalent
- Strong understanding of Mathematics and English
- Relevant pre-apprenticeship: Certificate II in Engineering
What does a Sheetmetal Trades Worker do?
- Studies blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job, material and equipment requirements
- Selects 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
- Marks out metal stock with reference points and lines, using templates, gauges and other measuring instruments
- Cuts metal stock along guidelines using hand and power shears, guillotines and drills
- Shapes and forms cut metal stock into products using folding and bending machines, rollers, presses and hammers
- Fits and assembles components into final products by welding, riveting, soldering, brazing and otherwise joining
- Finishes products by polishing, filing, sanding and cleaning assembled products
- Repairs damaged sheetmetal products and components
- May specialise in fabrication, or on-site assembly and installation, of sheetmetal products
- May produce aircraft sheet metal components requiring advanced drawing and calculating skills
- Metal Spinner
- Sheetmetal Patternmaker
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