51-2041.00 · Task explorer
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
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This source lists 23 tasks, including 15 marked Core and 8 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2024.
23 tasks shown
Core · Task 10036 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
Core · Task 10042 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
Core · Task 10035 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
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.
Core · Task 10038 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
Core · Task 10037 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Tack-weld fitted parts together.
Core · Task 10043 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
Core · Task 10044 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
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.
Core · Task 10041 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
Core · Task 10053 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
Core · Task 10050 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
Core · Task 10039 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
Core · Task 10045 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
Core · Task 10040 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
Core · Task 10051 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
Core · Task 10046 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
Supplemental · Task 10049 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
Supplemental · Task 10047 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
Supplemental · Task 10052 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
Supplemental · Task 10054 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
Supplemental · Task 10048 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
Supplemental · Task 10057 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
Supplemental · Task 10055 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
Supplemental · Task 10056 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Install boilers, containers, and other structures.
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