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Tasks and Duties
- Develops layout and plans sequence of operations for fabricating and assembling structural metal products, applying trigonometry and knowledge of metal.
- Locates and marks bending and cutting lines onto workpiece, allowing for stock thickness and machine and welding shrinkage.
- Hammers, chips, and grinds workpiece to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
- Verifies conformance of workpiece to specifications, using square, ruler, and measuring tape.
- Preheats workpieces to render them malleable, using hand torch or furnace.
- Positions, aligns, fits, and welds together parts, using jigs, welding torch, and hand tools.
- Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, and drill presses.
- Sets up and operates machine tools associated with fabricating shops, such as radial drill, end mill, and edge planer.
- Designs and constructs templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
NAVIGATION
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This project is supported, in part, by the NationalScience Foundation. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily the Foundation
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