Steel Plate and Frame Workers
Job description
These individuals make, assemble, adjust, and install metal parts. They contribute to the construction of various structures (buildings, bridges, tanks, etc.).
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Noise
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
- Falling objects
Main tasks
- Study drawings, specifications, and engineering plans and identify the materials required to design the parts.
- Plan the sequence of tasks to be performed in order to cut metal in the most efficient manner.
- Develop models or templates to be used as assembly guides.
- Draw reference points and patterns on metal parts.
- Install, lift, and move materials in warehouses or on the job site.
- Assemble and adjust metal sections and plates.
- Set up and use various machines to shape metal.
- Install finished components into the final product.
Advancement and mobility
- Qualified Structural Steel Erectors obtain a Red Seal endorsement upon successful completion of the Interprovincial Standards Examination.
- Some Structural Steel Erectors may also be certified as qualified Welders.
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
1,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 6.3% Female
- 93.7% Male
Not available.
- 6.3% Female
- 93.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$56,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 33243% of jobs
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NAICS 33114% of jobs
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NAICS 2310% of jobs
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NAICS 417% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54145% of jobs
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Others21% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 33243% of jobs
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NAICS 33114% of jobs
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NAICS 2310% of jobs
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NAICS 417% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54145% of jobs
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Others21% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
Sometimes required
- A certificate of qualification is sometimes required.
WAP
This occupation is targeted by Workplace Apprenticeship Programs
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Hand-arm stability
- Limb coordination
- Control accuracy
- Near vision
- Manual dexterity
- Visualization
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Oral comprehension
- Digital dexterity
- Core strength
- Static muscle power
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
Knowledge and attributes
- Critical thinking
- Focussed on results
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of mathematics
- Rigour
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 72104
Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
Job titles
- Tank and Boiler Assemblers
- Structural Steel Assemblers
- Structural metal worker
- Fitter - structural metal fabrication
- Structural metal fitter
- Fabricator - structural metal
- Structural metal and platework plater
- Steel fabricator - structural metal and platework
- Structural metal fitter-assembler
- Structural metal and platework fitter-welder
- Fitter - shipbuilding
- Fitter - metal fabrication
- Structural steel fitter
- Structural steelwork and platework fitter
- Structural metal and platework fitter
- Steel fitter - structural metal
- Steel fitter - metal platework
- Marine steel fitter
- Structural steel and platework fitter
- Platework fitter
- Tube fitter - structural metal and platework
- Shipbuilding fitter
- Fitter lead hand - structural metal and platework
- Apprentice steel fabricator
- Apprentice fitter - shipbuilding
- Apprentice structural steel and platework fitter
- Apprentice ship's plater
- Apprentice shipfitter
- Apprentice metal shipwright
- Apprentice metal fabricator
- Apprentice structural metal and platework fabricator
- Structural metal and platework fabricator apprentice
- Apprentice structural steel fabricator
- Plater - shipbuilding
- Shipfitter
- Metal shipwright
- Metal preparation lead hand - structural metal and platework
- Structural metal and platework layout developer
- Structural steel plate shaper
- Steel plate shaper - ships
- Metal fabricator
- Metal fabricator - structural metal and platework
- Steel fabricator
- Structural steel fabricator
- Structural metal fabricator
- Structural steel plate worker-fitter
- Platework fabricator and fitter
- Plater-welder
- Plater
- Ship's plater
- Bridge and girder plater
- Platework fabricator
- Structural metal layout marker
- Structural metal and platework layout marker
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
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