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职业描述：Sheet Metal Workers (7261)

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At Work
Sheet metal workers work for sheet metal fabrication shops, sheet metal products manufacturing companies and sheet metal work contractors. Their duties may require them to:
Lay out, measure and make sheet metal according to drawings and templates;
Operate light metalworking machines such as shears, brakes, punches and drill presses to cut, bend, punch, drill, shape and straighten sheet metal;
Operate laser and plasma cutting equipment to cut sheet metal;
Fit and join sheet metal using riveting, welding, soldering and similar equipment to fabricate products such as ventilation shafts, eavestroughs, partition frames, roof decking and sheet metal buildings; and
Inspect quality and installation to make sure that the product conforms to specifications.

Education, Training and Experience
Sheet metal workers must complete some high school. Many recent entrants have a trade/vocational or community college diploma.

To obtain trade certification, they must usually complete either a three-to-four-year apprenticeship program, or a combination of over four years' work experience and some high school, college or industry courses in sheet metal working.
Trade certification is compulsory in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. It is available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and territories.
Qualified sheet metal workers may also obtain interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) which provides job mobility throughout the country.
With experience, sheet metal workers may progress to supervisory positions.

About this Occupation
19,000 persons were employed in this occupation in 1996, down 9.8% from 1986. Over the same period, employment in all occupations grew by 13.1%.

4% of sheet metal workers work part-time, well below the average of 19% for all occupations.
9% of sheet metal workers are women, well below the average of 45% in all occupations.
The unemployment rate in this occupation averaged 9.3% from 1994 to 1996, well above the average of 6.7% for all occupations. These rates are among the highest for technical, paraprofessional and skilled occupations.
Average earnings of year-round, full-time workers in this occupation in 1995 were $34,200, compared to an average of $35,700 for all occupations.
Employment in this occupation is highly sensitive to overall economic conditions but is not seasonal.

Full-Time Earnings

1995 Full-Time Earnings*
$49,900 Highest
$34,200 Average
$17,900 Lowest

* Full-time earnings of the highest 10%, the average and the lowest 10% of workers. $35,700 is the average for all occupations.

Looking to the Year 2001
Current labour market conditions for new entrants in this occupation are poor. Labour market conditions for new entrants will remain poor through 2001.

Most of the increase in labour requirements through 2001 for this occupation will occur in the construction industry.

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