Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces.

Other names for Sheet Metal Workers: Air Conditioning Installer, Air Conditioning or Heating Duct Installer, Air Duct Mechanic, Aircraft Metalsmith, Angle Bender, Aviation Metalsmith, Beam Worker, Ceiling Installer, Chute Builder, Coppersmith, Coppersmith Apprentice, Cornice Maker, Cowlman, Dural Mechanic, Duralumin Mechanic, Duralumin Metalworker, Extrusion Former, Fabricator, Fairing Man, Fairing Worker, Field Installer, Gutter Hanger, Gutter Installer, Hood Maker, HVAC Sheet Metal Installer (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Installer), HVAC Sheet Metal Specialist (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Sheet Metal Specialist), HVAC Technician (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Technician), Journeyman Sheetmetal Worker, Layer Out, Layout Worker, Metal Ceiling Builder, Metal Ceiling Hanger, Metal Work Duct Installer, Metal Worker, Metalsmith, Metalsmith Apprentice, Sheet Metal Apprentice, Sheet Metal Assembler, Sheet Metal Duct Installer, Sheet Metal Erector, Sheet Metal Fabricator, Sheet Metal Former, Sheet Metal Installer, Sheet Metal Lay Out Worker, Sheet Metal Layout Mechanic, Sheet Metal Mechanic, Sheet Metal Operator, Sheet Metal Smith, Sheet Metal Technician, Sheet Metal Work Furnace Installer, Sheet Metal Worker, Sheet Metal Worker Apprentice, Sheetmetal Duct Installer Apprentice, Sheetmetal Fabricator, Sheetmetal Worker, Shop Assistant, Spouter, Spouting Installer, Template Fitter, Template Layout Worker, Tin Worker, Tinker, Tinner, Tinsmith, Tinsmith Apprentice, Welder, Whitesmith,

• Determine project requirements, including scope, assembly sequences, and required methods and materials, according to blueprints, drawings, and written or verbal instructions.
• Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material, such as roofing panels, according to drawings or templates, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, and rulers.
• Maneuver completed units into position for installation, and anchor the units.
• Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction and assembly of sheet metal products.
• Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, and down spouts, in supportive frameworks.
• Select gauges and types of sheet metal or non-metallic material, according to product specifications.
• Drill and punch holes in metal, for screws, bolts, and rivets.
• Fasten seams and joints together with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, and bonds to assemble components into products or to repair sheet metal items.
• Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, and drills.
• Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, and smooth surfaces, seams, and joints of assembled parts, using hand tools and portable power tools.
• Finish parts, using hacksaws, and hand, rotary, or squaring shears.
• Maintain equipment, making repairs and modifications when necessary.
• Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.
• Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation.
• Develop and lay out patterns that use materials most efficiently, using computerized metalworking equipment to experiment with different layouts.
• Inspect individual parts, assemblies, and installations for conformance to specifications and building codes, using measuring instruments such as calipers, scales, and micrometers.
• Secure metal roof panels in place, and interlock and fasten grooved panel edges.
• Fasten roof panel edges and machine-made molding to structures, nailing or welding pieces into place.

• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Shears
• Workshop presses
• Rivet tools
• Pneumatic hammer
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Safety glasses
• Protective gloves
• Goggles
• Scaffolding
• Scales
• Awls
• Screwdrivers
• Scribers
• Sheet metal pliers
• Squares
• Hammers
• End cut pliers
• Slings
• Sequential forming machines
• Leak testing equipment
• Socket sets
• Soldering or desoldering or combined stations
• Sequential forming machines
• Levels
• Welders
• Squares
• Shears
• Remote reading thermometers
• Stencils or lettering aids
• Straight edges
• Tachometers
• T squares
• Tape measures
• Taps or dies
• Templates
• Thermographs
• Level sensors or transmitters
• Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery
• Turning machines
• Manometers
• Shears
• Metal cutters
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• Calipers
• Locking pliers
• Welding masks
• Welding masks
• Welding or cutting tips
• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Wire cutters
• Welding generators
• Welding generators
• Adjustable wrenches
• Hex keys
• Ammeters
• Power grinders
• Metal cutters
• Hammers
• Bandsaw wheel
• Sequential forming machines
• Sequential forming machines
• Compasses
• Bolt cutters
• Sequential forming machines
• Hammers
• Deburring equipment
• C clamps
• Flowmeters
• Calipers
• Single gas monitors
• Caulking guns
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Hoists
• Chalk lines
• Ammeters
• Workshop presses
• Workshop presses
• Cold chisels
• Power saws
• Tinners snips
• Explosimeters
• Workshop presses
• Milling cutters
• Power drills
• Power saws
• Desktop computers
• Gauges or inspection fixtures
• Multimeters
• Rivet tools
• Compasses
• Tube end finishers
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Workshop presses
• Ear muffs
• Sequential forming machines
• Power drills
• Impact wrenches
• Files
• Shears
• Squares
• Sheet metal pliers
• Saws
• Power drills
• Hammers
• Workshop presses
• Lug crimping tool dies
• Dollies
• Metal cutters
• Hard hats
• Hoists
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Hygrometers
• Hoists
• Hydraulic press frames
• Manometers
• Positioning jig
• Ladders
• Cutting machines
• Levels
• Laser printers
• Pressure indicators
• Tachometers
• Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery
• Ammeters
• Micrometers
• Voltage or current meters
• Multimeters
• Nibblers
• Nut drivers
• Ohmmeters
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
• Oxygen gas analyzers
• Personal computers
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Reamers
• Threading machines
• Flowmeters
• Plasma welding machinery
• Plumb bobs
• Pneumatic hammer
• Pneumatic impact wrenches
• Rivet tools
• Power buffers
• Rivet tools
• Plasma welding machinery
• Welders
• Workshop presses
• Power buffers
• Metal cutters
• Workshop presses
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Power routers
• Power sanders
• Shears
• Pressure indicators
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Protective coveralls
• Protractors
• Psychrometers
• Sequential forming machines

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Computer aided design CAD software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software