Jobs / Production and manufacturing / 51-2041.00
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
- US jobs
- 52,360
- Median wage
- $51,330 a year
- Job family
- Production and manufacturing
Can agents do the work of structural metal fabricators and fitters?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Production and manufacturing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 18%Position materials or components for assemblyNot measured
- 11%Operate lifting or moving equipmentNot measured
- 10%Position workpieces or materials on equipmentNot measured
- 10%Operate cutting or grinding equipmentNot measured
- 8%Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniquesNot measured
- 7%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured
- 6%Read documents or materials to inform work processesNot measured
- 6%Smooth surfaces of objects or equipmentNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
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Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
- Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
- Tack-weld fitted parts together.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
- Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
- Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
- Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
- Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
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