3 Related Skilled Trades for Sheet metal workers
The following trades are related to this occupation:
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Precision Metal Fabricator
Industrial Voluntary Certification
Education Requirements: Grade 12 or equivalent.
Training Hours: Complete 7,280 hours of on-the-job training and three 8-week in-class technical training sessions for this apprenticeship.
Precision metal fabricators cut and shape metal. Their work includes interpreting blueprints, joining metal parts, and ensuring product quality. They operate various metal forming, shaping, and cutting machines. They can work with fabrication shops, manufacturing plants, or as contractors. Most work indoors, but some work on construction sites in unfinished buildings.
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Sheet Metal Worker
Construction Mandatory Certification Certificate of Qualification Exam Red Seal
Education Requirements: Grade 10 or equivalent.
Training Hours: Complete 9,000 hours of on-the-job training and three 8-week in-class technical training sessions for this apprenticeship.
Sheet metal workers cut, shape, and assemble sheet metal. Their work ranges from furnace and duct systems in homes, to oven and drying systems in auto plants, to heating and ventilating systems in office towers. They interpret blueprints, join metal parts, and ensure product quality. They can work for fabrication shops, for manufacturing plants, or […]
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Residential (Low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer
Construction Mandatory Certification Certificate of Qualification Exam
Education Requirements: Grade 10 or equivalent.
Training Hours: Complete 4,500 hours of on-the-job training and two 6-week in-class technical training sessions for this apprenticeship.
Residential (low rise) sheet metal installers have similar duties to sheet metal workers, but they work specifically in air handling or ventilation systems in low-rise residential buildings. The buildings these installers work in have specific ventilation systems and must be a maximum of four stories. They do not have duties involving manufacturing, fabrication, or metal […]
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