Metal & Plastic Layout Worker
- Ideal for those who love precision and working with their hands on diverse materials.
- Essential in shaping the components that build ships, machines, and structures.
- Use unique tools to transform raw materials into functional, intricate designs.
💰 Earn $58K-$80K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Shaky (Decreasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Mark curves, lines, holes, dimensions, and welding symbols onto workpieces, using scribes, soapstones, punches, and hand drills.
- Plan locations and sequences of cutting, drilling, bending, rolling, punching, and welding operations, using compasses, protractors, dividers, and rules.
- Fit and align fabricated parts to be welded or assembled.
- Locate center lines and verify template positions, using measuring instruments such as gauge blocks, height gauges, and dial indicators.
- Plan and develop layouts from blueprints and templates, applying knowledge of trigonometry, design, effects of heat, and properties of metals.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
- Thinking and problem solving
You are skilled in 💫
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Having freedom
- Personal relationships
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