Sheet Metal Workers
Wages
New workers start around £19,470. Normal pay is £30,472 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £47,001.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 11,725 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Checks final product to ensure conformity with specifications.
Repairs damaged metal parts such as copper sheets and tubes by beating, riveting, soldering, welding and fitting replacement parts.
Finishes product by grinding, filing, cleaning and polishing.
Assembles prepared parts and joins them by bolting, welding or soldering.
Uses hand or machine tools to bend, roll, fold, press or beat cut sheet metal.
Uses template, measuring instruments and tools to mark out layout lines and reference points.
Examines drawings and specifications to assess job requirements.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.