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Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Fabricate, lay out, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Other names for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters: Cage Maker, Machine, Computer Numerical Control Programmer / Operator (CNC Programmer / Operator), Fabricator, Fabricator Assembler Metal Products, Fitter, Fitter-Welder, Ground Support Equipment Assembler, Hand Former, Layout Man, Metal Box Maker, Metal Fabricator Apprentice, Metal Framer, Mill Beam Fitter, Motorcycle Assembler, Motorcycle Fabricator, Motorcycle Maker, Ornamental Metal Worker, Ornamental Metal Worker Apprentice, Pneumatic Tool Operator, Precision Structural Metal Fitter, Protector Plate Attacher, Ship Fitter, Ship Propeller Finisher, Steelworker, Structural and Ornamental Metalwork Metal Fabricator, Structural and Ornamental Metalwork Steel Fabricator, Structural Steel Fitter, Tack Welder, Weld Technician, Welder, Welder-Fabricator,

What do Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters do?
  • 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.
  • Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
  • Tack-weld fitted parts together.
  • Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed in order to ensure that specifications are met.
  • Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
  • Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
  • Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, and/or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
  • Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
  • Move parts into position, manually or by using 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.
  • Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces in order to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
  • Smooth workpiece edges, and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
  • Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
  • Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
  • Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
  • Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
  • Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
  • Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
  • Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
  • Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
  • Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
  • Install boilers, containers, and other structures.
  • Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.

Do you enjoy these?
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Power sanders
  • Bench vises
  • Shears
  • Workshop presses
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Hammers
  • Milling cutters
  • Workshop presses
  • Power saws
  • Desktop computers
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Compasses
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Workshop presses
  • Power planes
  • Machine end mills
  • Plasma welding machinery
  • Forklifts
  • Hand clamps
  • Files
  • Shears
  • Blow torches
  • Induction heaters
  • Jacks
  • Ladders
  • Lathes
  • Squares
  • Locking pliers
  • Tape measures
  • Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery
  • Micrometers
  • Milling machines
  • Workshop cranes
  • Paint sprayers
  • Personal computers
  • Plasma welding machinery
  • Positioning jig
  • Power chippers
  • Power grinders
  • Power saws
  • Hoists
  • Protractors
  • Pry bars
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Power saws
  • Twist drills
  • Reamers
  • Rivet tools
  • Tube bending machinery
  • Scaffolding
  • Scribers
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Hammers
  • Rulers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Workshop presses
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Welders
  • Taps or dies
  • Track bulldozers
  • Level sensors or transmitters
  • Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery
  • Turnbuckles
  • Shears
  • Height gauges
  • Wedges
  • Blow torches

Technology used
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Word processing software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Data base user interface and query software

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