Description

Labourers in metal fabrication remove excess metal and unwanted materials from metal parts, castings and other metal products and perform other labouring activities. They are employed in structural steel, boiler and platework fabrication plants, heavy machinery manufacturing plants, sheet metal fabrication shops, shipbuilding and other metal products manufacturing companies.

Job Titles

• Blacksmith helper
• Buffing machine tender – metal products manufacturing
• Grinder-deburrer
• Labourer – metal fabrication
• Metal cleaner – metal products manufacturing
• Metalworking machine helper
• Plater helper – metal fabrication
• Shipfitter helper
• Shotblaster – metal fabrication
• Wheelabrator operator – metal products manufacturing

Main Duties

• Read and interpret work orders
• Operate metal cleaning equipment such as wheelabrators, deburrers and shotblasters to remove excess welds, rust, scale and other material from surfaces of metal parts, castings and other metal products
• Polish metal products to mirror finish
• Immerse metal products in cleaning solutions
• Assist structural steel and platework fitters, sheet metal workers, metalworking machine operators or other metal workers
• Transport raw materials and finished metal products manually or using hoists or other devices
• Sort metal sheets and parts, scrap metal and other materials
• Clean work areas and equipment
• Load and unload vehicles using hand truck or dolly
• May cut, grind or chip excess metal from metal products using hand tools.

Workplaces

• Heavy machinery manufacturing companies
• Metal products manufacturing companies
• Sheet metal fabrication shops
• Shipbuilding companies
• Structural steel, boiler and platework fabrication plants

Skills

• Operation and Control
• Equipment and Tool Selection
• Preventative Maintenance
• Quality Control Testing
• Coordinating

Abilities

• Dynamic Strength
• Stamina
• Static Strength
• Trunk Strength
• Arm-Hand Steadiness

Personal Attributes

• Collaboration
• Adaptability
• Concern for Others
• Active Learning
• Analytical Thinking

Similar Occupations

• Labourers in mineral and metal processing (95100)

Source: OaSIS