Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine material requirements and task sequences

Check workpieces to make sure they meet specifications using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes

Tack-weld fitted parts together

Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools

Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to make sure they meet specifications

Move parts into position manually or with hoists or cranes

Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components

Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers