Duty 1 Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, and organizational and environmental requirements.
Duty 2 Plan and prepare for the METAL fabrication activities before commencing work.
Duty 3 Check materials conform to the specified grades, dimensions, and thicknesses identified on detailed engineering drawings.
Duty 4 Use the correct methods for moving and handling resources and materials.
Duty 5 Set up, check AND adjust the equipment for use in the safe and reliable fabrication of METAL products or components and maintain the equipment in a reliable and secure condition throughout.
Duty 6 Interpret technical drawings, patterns, templates, and specifications to mark out, produce and assemble complex fabricated products to meet the required specification and quality requirements.
Duty 7 Use appropriate tools, equipment, and techniques to shape and form (HOT or COLD) metal materials, demonstrating and applying knowledge of material properties and characteristics throughout.
Duty 8 Monitor resources and activities throughout the fabrication of products or components, identifying areas for improving the production process where possible.
Duty 9 Cutting, drilling, shaping and preparing METAL materials during fabrication using manual and power tools, thermal and laser cutting, as required, calculating dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments/equipment.
Duty 10 Operate appropriate tools and equipment to join metal parts using a range of mechanical fasteners and to fix techniques required by the specifications applicable to the fabrication activity being carried out and by approved joining procedures and quality requirements.
Duty 11 Operate thermal joining equipment to join metal parts using a range of appropriate techniques to the standards required by the specifications for the fabrication activity being carried out.
Duty 12 Inspect and test joins for security against required standards.
Duty 13 Carry out quality checks on parts and completed assemblies.
Duty 14 Deals with problems within the fabrication activity in line with the role's responsibilities.
Duty 15 Restore the work area and equipment to a safe and reliable condition on completion of the activity.
Duty 16 Complete documentation at the appropriate stages of the work activity.