Sheet Metal Worker

Position Purpose / Summary

Responsible for the application of journeyman skills and knowledge in fabricating, installing and repairing municipal sheet metal equipment and articles and in laying and repairing roofs of municipal buildings. Work is performed under general supervision in accordance with municipal building codes and standard trade practices with review through inspection during process and upon completion. Work instructions may be oral or written and are accompanied by sketches or drawings when necessary.

No supervision is exercised over other employees.

• Studies drawings and specifications. Installs, assembles, repairs, maintains sheet metal components of hot air heating, ventilating, exhaust, and blow pipe systems.
• Fabricates, assembles, installs, alters and repairs metal structures, equipment, and articles such as lavatory walls and partitions, fire doors, shelves, lockers, cabinets, tanks, boxes, fences, grills, grates, louvers; repairs radiators, smoke stacks, fire escapes, and elevator sidings, cables and gates.
• Fabricates, installs, and repairs sheet metal roofs, gutters, leaders, cornices, copies, skylights, flashing, and other roof brakes to bend metal, and mallets, soldering tools, and other hand tools to lay the roof.
• Lays and repairs slate roofs by covering sheathing with roofing felt and aligning slate, punching holes in slate for nailing to sheathing, fitting slate to ridges, valleys, and edges, and nailing metal flashing at angles of intersection.
• Lays and repairs asphalt, tar, and gravel roofs by applying alternate layers of hot tar and asphalt and a surface layer of gravel.
• Lays and repairs all kinds of commercial compositions for surfacing roofs by cutting composition to fit corners, pipes, and other objects, and nailing or cementing composition to roof base and flashing to side walls.
• Supervises a helper engaged in semiskilled and manual tasks related to the trade.
• Performs related work as required.

• Considerable knowledge of standard practices, materials, tools, equipment, processes and techniques on the sheet metal work trade.
• Considerable knowledge of pertinent sections of the municipal building codes.
• Ability to work from written and oral instructions, sketches and drawings.
• Skill in the use of tools, equipment, and materials of the trade.