Sheet Metal Worker
Trade Description:
After reading blueprints and orders, sheet metal workers lay out, cut, shape and finish sheet metal using hand and power tools and join the sheet metal using welding tools, rivets, screws and folding.
Potential employers include bus, farm equipment and aircraft manufacturers; metal fabrication shops and railways; air conditioning and heating contractors in residential, commercial and industrial construction; roofing contractors.
| Board By-Law | |
| Red Seal Occupational Standard |
Apprenticeship - Annual Requirements:
| Levels | Total Hours/Year (On-the-Job & Technical Training) |
Total Weeks/Year (Technical Training) |
Delivered By |
| 4 | 1,800 | 8-8-8-8 | RRC |
Training Standards:
 Level One |
Level Chart |
| Level Two | |
| Level Three |
RSOS Subtask to Unit Comparison |
| Level Four |
Red Seal Exam Information
| Red Seal Exam Breakdown | Red Seal Exam Self-Assessment Guide |
| Sample Exams | Red Seal Exam Self-Assessment Guide (PDF) |
| Types of Exam Questions | Red Seal Exam Preparation Guide |
Challenging the Exam - Trades Qualification:
Years of Experience |
Hours Required | Additional Practical
Exam Required |
| 6 | 10,800 | No |
| Employer Declaration | Employer Declaration (FR) Statutory Declaration | Statutory Declaration (FR) | ||
Designated Trainers:
| Work Experience Form |