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The steel fabricator creates and assembles metal products that would be used in the construction of buildings, bridges, automobiles, ships, and aeroplanes. The steel fabricator ensures that the metal parts would fit perfectly with each other and conforms to the specified sizes and thicknesses.
The responsibilities for this job vary. While many steel fabricators the focus is on the production of small metal components needed in electronic equipment, others specialize in the production of large metal panels and connecting it together with fasteners or welding.
Basic Tasks:
Bends and straighten metal by hammering, chipping and grinding it.
Uses hand torch or furnace to pre-heat workpieces.
Fits and welds metal parts together.
Designs and creates templates and fixtures.
Checks if a workpiece meets the specifications by using a square, ruler, and measuring tape.
May fabricate and assemble sheet metal products.
May set up and operate machine tools associated with fabricating shops, such as radial drill press, end mill, and edge planer.
Education and Training Requirements:
A steel fabricator has to have skills in welding, soldering, and metallurgy. He needs the ability to interpret blueprints and technical drawings to correctly assemble products. Acumen in math is required to calculate temperance and adjust construction angles. Skills in reading complex instructions are required. Oral communication abilities are needed to effectively work with other steel fabricators since much of the manufacturing process involves teamwork.
Skills & Experience
Those who want to work as steel fabricators should have mechanical skills as they would operate different plant machinery.
As they would often measure thickness and sizes of metals, basic knowledge of trigonometry is also required.
A skill in welding, metallurgy, and soldering is a must.
A steel fabricator would often assemble metal pieces based on a blueprint so he needs to be able to interpret this technical drawing and understand complex instructions.
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