ProgramCIP 48.0506

Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to form, shape, bend and fold extruded metals, including the creation of new products, using hand tools and machines such as cornice brakes, forming rolls, and squaring shears.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Sheet Metal Worker.

FieldFrom the federal list

JobsOfficial crosswalk

KnowledgeFrom O*NET

CoursesNext

ConceptsLater

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01.

Leads to

5 jobs

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic51-4031
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic51-4061
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic51-4062
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic51-4023
Sheet Metal Workers47-2211

02.

Knowledge those jobs draw on

Mechanical4 of 5
Mathematics3 of 5
Design3 of 5
Production and Processing3 of 5
Engineering and Technology2 of 5
Building and Construction1 of 5

How many of the linked jobs rate the area important (O*NET importance 3.5 or more out of 5).