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Sheet metal workers make, install, and maintain a variety of sheet metal products for homes, commercial, and industrial buildings. These products include ducts for air conditioning, heating and ventilating systems, counter tops, roofs, siding, rain gutters, skylights, outdoor signs, and air vents. Some workers specialize in fabrication, installation, or maintenance, but most do all three jobs.
Pay scale: $14.24 - $28.49 per hour
Working conditions
Those who fabricate sheet metal products work in shops that are well lighted and well ventilated. Installation work may be outside and you may do considerable bending, lifting, standing, climbing, and squatting. There is always a danger of cuts and burns when working with metal and welding.
General qualifications
Must be in good physical condition and have a valid driver's license.
Union requirements
Must be 18 years old and a high school graduate or equivalent. Must pass aptitude test and submit an application.
Length of training
The program lasts for five years consisting of no less than 10,000 hours of on-the-job training with a minimum of 504 hours of classroom instruction including some night classes.
Sheet metal union
Kim Kujak
1840 Sycamore Avenue
Racine, WI 53406
Phone: 262-632-7005
