Sheetmetal Trades Workers
ANZSCO 3222
4,100
0%
6%
28 yrs
Declining
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
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Sheetmetal Trades Workers is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.
Courses linked to this job include Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade, Certificate III in Surface Preparation and Coating Application, and Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade.
Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Declining.
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About this career
Sheetmetal Trades Workers mark out, shape, form and join sheetmetal and other materials to make products and components.
What they typically do
- Studying blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job, material and equipment requirements
- Selecting 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
- Marking out metal stock with reference points and lines, using templates, gauges and other measuring instruments
- Cutting metal stock along guidelines using hand and power shears, guillotines and drills
- Shaping and forming cut metal stock into products using folding and bending machines, rollers, presses and hammers
- Fitting and assembling components into final products by welding, riveting, soldering, brazing and otherwise joining
- Finishing products by polishing, filing, sanding and cleaning assembled products
- May repair 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
- May specialise in decorative copperwork
States and territories
Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Sheetmetal Trades Workers.
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Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade
MEM31922 · AQF 3 · 81 providers
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Certificate III in Surface Preparation and Coating Application
MSM30216 · AQF 3 · 9 providers
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Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade
MEM31925 · AQF 3 · 75 providers