According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers. | 88% |
| Maintain equipment, making repairs or modifications when necessary. | 86% |
| Fabricate ducts for high efficiency heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to maximize efficiency of systems. | 84% |
| Develop or lay out patterns, using computerized metalworking equipment. | 83% |
| Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation. | 83% |
| Fasten seams or joints together with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, or bonds to assemble components into products or to repair sheet metal items. | 83% |
| Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks. | 83% |
| Hire, train, or supervise new employees or apprentices. | 80% |
| Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material, such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers. | 80% |
| Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions. | 77% |
| Maneuver completed roofing units into position for installation. | 77% |
| Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills. | 77% |
| Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products. | 74% |
| Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications. | 74% |
| Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools. | 72% |
| Perform sheet metal work necessary for solar panel installations. | 72% |
| Verify that heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are designed, installed, and calibrated in accordance with green certification standards, such as those of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). | 72% |
| Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools. | 71% |
| Secure metal roof panels in place by interlocking and fastening grooved panel edges. | 69% |
| Perform building commissioning activities by completing mechanical inspections of a building's water, lighting, or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. | 67% |
| Fasten roof panel edges or machine-made moldings to structures by nailing or welding. | 60% |
| Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears. | 57% |
