What Does a Precision Metal Fabricator Do?
Precision Metal Fabricators make metal products, parts and components to close tolerances for the telecommunication, medical, aircraft/transportation and high tech industries. Job Related Skills, Interests and Values • interpreting and verifying engineering drawings in order to produce layouts and programs needed to manufacture the product • performing metal fabrication calculations using calculators, computerized calculation programs, math formulae and heat shrinkage charts • transferring engineering specifications to the work piece material or to machine controls (CNC); writing, editing and verifying the layout program by referring to CAD drawings and machine program manual • planning, preparing and organizing the metal fabrication process by identifying operations required, equipment needed, and optimum scheduling times to meet customer and engineering requirements • using various measuring tools such as verniers, calipers, rules, tapes, calculators, micrometers, protractors, square
