Sheet Metal Workers

Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Ferris State University, MI

$68,852

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Idaho State University, ID

$64,581

Precision Metal Working(associates)Hennepin Technical College, MN

$59,829

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, KY

$58,996

Precision Metal Working(associates)Ferris State University, MI

$56,811

Precision Metal Working(associates)Ivy Tech Community College, IN

$56,292

Precision Metal Working(associates)Dunwoody College of Technology, MN

$55,188

Precision Metal Working(associates)Vincennes University, IN

$54,908

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Fox Valley Technical College, WI

$53,507

Precision Metal Working(associates)Lake Superior College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Ridgewater College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Saint Paul College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Central Lakes College-Brainerd, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)South Central College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)St Cloud Technical and Community College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Minnesota West Community and Technical College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Pine Technical & Community College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, KY

$53,172

Precision Metal Working(certificate)White Mountains Community College, NH

$53,066

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Hennepin Technical College, MN

$52,456

Precision Metal Working(associates)Fox Valley Technical College, WI

$52,449

Precision Metal Working(associates)Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, PA

$52,298

Precision Metal Working(associates)Anoka Technical College, MN

$51,747

Precision Metal Working(associates)North Dakota State College of Science, ND

$51,647

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Alexandria Technical & Community College, MN

$51,141