Sheet Metal Workers assemble, install and service an extensive range of heating, air conditioning, roofing, restaurant, and hospital equipment. This includes such things as: ducts, pipes, gutters, cabinets, flashings and supporting devices. Sheet Metal Worker is a nationally designated trade under the Inter-provincial Red Seal program.
Sheet Metal Workers also test, balance, and troubleshoot duct systems; and weld, grind and polish metals. They use welding equipment to join sheets of metal and must have knowledge of the specialized welding techniques used for the many different metal alloys they will encounter.
Sheet metal fabrication shops, sheet metal product manufacturing companies and sheet metal work contractors all employ Sheet Metal Workers. In some cases, experienced workers set up their own contracting businesses.
Jobs in this field are frequently tied to the construction sector, while other Sheet Metal Workers pursue their trade in manufacturing plants.
Program Outline
Sheet Metal Worker Program Outline
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CS011.3 Sheet Metal Worker Challenge Package
CS012.3 Sheet Metal Worker Supervision and Sign-Off Authority
CS002.2 Sheet Metal Worker
Information Guide: Preparing to Write an Interprovincial Red Seal Examination
This published information guide provides study techniques which can be used to prepare for writing the Interprovincial Red Seal examination for this trade. Topics which are discussed in the guide are: the National Occupational Analysis (NOA), studying for the Red Seal exam, sample Red Seal questions, and writing the Red Seal exam.
Inter-Provincial Examination Information
All of the Inter-Provincial examinations have an assigned number of questions based on each National Occupational Analysis (NOA) blocks and tasks. Refer to the table for an assigned number of questions per exam, the assigned number of questions per block section and the assigned number of questions per task for this trade.
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