9612 – Labourers in metal fabrication

Labourers in metal fabrication remove excess metal and unwanted materials from metal parts, castings and other metal products and perform other labouring activities. They are employed in structural steel, boiler and platework fabrication plants, heavy machinery manufacturing plants, sheet metal fabrication shops, shipbuilding and other metal products manufacturing companies.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

Aircraft bumper operator

Automatic machine polisher – metal products manufacturing

Battery lead burner helper

Bench grinder – metal products manufacturing

Bending machine helper – metal products manufacturing

Bit sharpener tender

Blacksmith helper

Boilermaker helper

Brake helper – metal products manufacturing

Brazing machine feeder

Buffing machine tender – metal products manufacturing

Burnisher – metalworking

Cartridge parts cleaner – explosives and ammunition manufacturing

Chipper – metal products manufacturing

Chipper-grinder

Chipper-grinder – metal products manufacturing

Chisel grinder – metal products manufacturing

Coil spring grinder – metal products manufacturing

Deburrer – metal products manufacturing

Die blanking press operator helper – metal products manufacturing

Dresser – metal products manufacturing

Drill grinder – metal products manufacturing

Drop hammer helper – metal fabrication

Fabrication shop helper – metal products

Finish grinder – metal products manufacturing

Firearms cleaner – metal products manufacturing

Fitter helper – metal products manufacturing

Flame cutter helper – metal products manufacturing

Forge helper

Forger helper

Foundry mould finisher

Galvanizer helper

Grinder – metal products manufacturing

Grinder and sharpener – metal products manufacturing

Grinder-chipper – metal products manufacturing

Grinder-deburrer

Grinder-deburrer – metal products manufacturing

Grinder-dresser – metal products manufacturing

Grinder-trimmer – metal products manufacturing

Hand buffer – metal products manufacturing

Hand filer – metal products manufacturing

Hand metal filer

Heat treater helper

Immersion metal cleaner – metal products manufacturing

Industrial sheet metal worker helper

Labourer – metal fabrication

Machine shop bench hand – metal products manufacturing

Machine shop helper – metal products manufacturing

Mechanical press operator helper – metal products manufacturing

Metal bluing cleaner – metal products manufacturing

Metal buffer – metal products manufacturing

Metal casting finisher

Metal cleaner

Metal cleaner – metal products manufacturing

Metal fabrication worker

Metal pickler operator helper

Metal polisher helper

Metal polishing-plating labourer

Metal structure fitter helper

Metal-fabricating shop helper

Metalworking machine helper

Mill roll grinder – metal products manufacturing

Mould cleaner – foundry

Mould dresser – foundry

Nib finisher – metal products manufacturing

Nut and bolt assembler – metal products manufacturing

Nut and bolt packer – metal products manufacturing

Pellet grinder – metal products manufacturing

Plate grinder – metal products manufacturing

Plate worker helper – metal products manufacturing

Plater helper

Plater helper – metal fabrication

Plating room helper

Power hammer helper – metal fabrication

Production helper – metal coating

Punch press helper – metal products manufacturing

Reel wrapper – wire products manufacturing

Rigger helper – shipbuilding

Sandblaster – metal products manufacturing

Sandblaster operator – metal products manufacturing

Sandblasting machine tender – metal products manufacturing

Shear helper – metal fabrication

Sheet metal polisher and buffer

Sherardizer helper

Shipbuilding fitter helper

Shipfitter helper

Shipwright helper

Shot grinder – metal products manufacturing

Shotblaster

Shotblaster – metal fabrication

Shotblasting machine operator – metal products manufacturing

Shotblasting machine tender – metal products manufacturing

Slide fastener polisher – metal products manufacturing

Soldering machine feeder

Structural metal fitter helper

Structural steel fitter helper

Tank calibrator – metal products manufacturing

Trimmer – metal products manufacturing

Tumbler tender – metal products manufacturing

Tumbling barrel tender – metal products manufacturing

Tumbling machine tender – metal products manufacturing

Upsetter helper – metal fabrication

Welder helper

Welder-fitter helper

Welder-fitter helper – manufacturing

Welding machine operator helper

Wheelabrator operator

Wheelabrator operator – metal products manufacturing

Wire finisher

Wire loom helper

Wire spooler – metal products manufacturing

Wire weaver helper

Wrapping machine operator – wire products manufacturing

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Read and interpret work orders

Operate metal cleaning equipment such as wheelabrators, deburrers and shotblasters to remove excess welds, rust, scale and other material from surfaces of metal parts, castings and other metal products

Polish metal products to mirror finish

Immerse metal products in cleaning solutions

Assist structural steel and platework fitters, sheet metal workers, metalworking machine operators or other metal workers

Transport raw materials and finished metal products manually or using hoists or other devices

Sort metal sheets and parts, scrap metal and other materials

Clean work areas and equipment

Load and unload vehicles using hand truck or dolly

May cut, grind or chip excess metal from metal products using hand tools.

Employment requirements

Some secondary school education may be required.

Additional information

There is some mobility among occupations in this unit group.

Progression to metalworking machine operator positions is possible with experience.

Exclusions

Labourers in mineral and metal processing (9611)