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Capable of providing Lead Hand services in both sheet metal and structural metal fabrication. Experience will include operating sheet metal cut to length lines, slitting, fabricating sheet metal, working with hydraulic presses and welding and fabrication of structural components.
Special consideration for individuals with Journeyman metal or welding certifications.
Must demonstrate qualifications. Minimum 3 business references required.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Sheet Metal Worker Trade Certification
- Sheet Metal Worker Red Seal Certificate
- Driver's License
- Canadian Welding Bureau Certification
- CADD Course
Additional Skills
- Supervise other workers
- Schedule work
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications
- Estimate labour and material costs
Specific Skills
- Set up power equipment
- Operate plasma cutters
- Operate metalworking machines to cut, punch, drill, shape or straighten sheet metal
- Measure and mark sheet metal according to template
- Inspect products to ensure quality and conformity to specification
- Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
- Determine layout of systems
- Cut materials using power tools or by hand
Areas of Specialization
- Sheeting and cladding
- Pre-fabricated metal buildings
- Eavestroughing and flashing
- Custom sheet metal items
Type of Establishment/Work Setting Experience
- Shop
- Industrial
- Commercial
Major Work Area
- Shop fabrication
- Installation