Sheet Metal Worker

Sheet Metal Worker

Apprenticeship

AT A GLANCE

A Sheet Metal Worker designs, fabricates, installs, and repairs ducts and fittings for heating, ventilating, air conditioning, exhaust, and dust collection systems. 

Sheet Metal Workers require highly specialized and up-to-date skills. They use these skills in the shop and on construction sites to design, fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal and plastic, for everything from heating and ventilation systems to roofing, siding, eavestroughing, and shelving units.

CAREER VIDEO(S)

INDUSTRIAL MECHANIC
(MILLWRIGHT)
INSULATOR (HEAT & FROST)
MACHINIST
PLUMBER
REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING MECHANIC
ROOFER
STEAMFITTER/PIPEFITTER
WELDER

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work environments for construction careers can be located outdoors or indoors or both. Work hours may vary as well. Some positions are seasonal while others are all year round, but part-time. Other positions are project-based and may require you to work full-time until the project is complete. And, of course there are careers that have full-time hours all year round.

Below is a list of workplaces where you might find opportunities to gain apprenticeship hours and/or experience:

Other conditions: shift work

Source: Apprenticeship Manitoba Handbook and Manitoba Prospects

MINI SKILLS ASSESSMENT

If you answer YES to the questions below, then you could become a Sheet Metal Worker!

ESSENTIAL SKILLS PROFILES

The Government of Canada Job Bank has identified Nine Literacy and Essential Skills (Reading, Writing, Document Use, Numeracy, Computer Use, Thinking, Oral Communication, Working with Others, and Continuous Learning).

Below you will find links to the Essential Skills Profiles for this occupation and/or related ones:

WAGES

Below you will find the annual salaries for apprentices and Journey Persons for a Sheet Metal Worker:

Minimum for Apprentices

Skills Booklet 2016, Skills Canada/Manitoba

 

$33,862

Average for Journey Persons

Skills Booklet 2016, Skills Canada/Manitoba

$45,675 – $57,960

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Every year, the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) Construction Sector releases Minimum Wage Schedules for Manitoba. Below are the minimum wage rates for this career:
Minimum Wage Rate January 1, 2017
Journey Persons
$38.10

TRAINING

Note: To receive the most up-to-date information about satisfying apprenticeship level requirements, contact Apprenticeship Manitoba or visit https://www.gov.mb.ca/wd/apprenticeship/

Sheet Metal Worker

Program Length (Minimum Years)

4 years

Level Requirements

Required Hours for each level (L)

L1: 1, 800 hours L2: 1, 800 hours L3: 1, 800 hours L4: 1, 800 hours 

Technical Training/Year (weeks in class)

Y1: 8 weeks Y2: 8 weeks Y3: 8 weeks Y4: 6 weeks

Additional Licensing

No

Trades Qualification Requirements (minimum experience required)

Minimum years of experience required

(within last 10 years)

6 years

 

Minimum hours experience required

10,800 hours

 

Practical Exam required

No

 

Compulsory Apprenticeship/Certificate of Qualifications required to work

No

 

Red Seal Trade available

Yes

ASSOCIATIONS

Click the links below for associations related to this career!