Sheetmetal Trades Worker Career and Immigration options for Australia

Profile Title: Sheetmetal Trades Worker Career and Immigration options for Australia

Alternative Title:Not Defined

ANZSCO Code: 322211 | Unit Code: 3222

Skill Level: Level 3 | Work Experience: 1 Years

Assessing Bodies: Trades Recognition Australia (TRA)

Skill Occupation List (SOL): MLTSSL

Specialization: Metal Spinner, Sheetmetal Patternmaker

Profile Description: Marks out, shapes, forms and joins sheetmetal and other materials to make products and components.

Job Duties:

• studying blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine job, material and equipment requirements
• selecting metal stock, such as stainless steel, galvanised iron, mild steel, aluminium and copper, and checking sizes, gauges and other dimensions of metal stock against specifications
• marking out metal stock with reference points and lines, using templates, gauges and other measuring instruments
• cutting metal stock along guidelines using hand and power shears, guillotines and drills
• shaping and forming cut metal stock into products using folding and bending machines, rollers, presses and hammers
• fitting and assembling components into final products by welding, riveting, soldering, brazing and otherwise joining
• finishing products by polishing, filing, sanding and cleaning assembled products
• may repair damaged sheetmetal products and components
• may specialise in fabrication, or on-site assembly and installation, of sheetmetal products
• may produce aircraft sheet metal components requiring advanced drawing and calculating skills
• may specialise in decorative copperwork

Skill Level Description: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below. In Australia: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3) In New Zealand: NZ Register Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3) At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Available Visa Options (As on February 2024):

• 186 - Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186)
• 189 - Skilled Independent (subclass 189) - Points-Tested
• 190 - Skilled Nominated (subclass 190)
• 407 - Training visa (subclass 407)
• 485 - Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) - Graduate Work
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - Family sponsored
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
• 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) – Medium Term Stream
• 187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State or Territory nominated
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored

Registration or Licensing: Not Required

Industries: Sheetmetal Trades Workers are mainly employed in: Manufacturing; Construction; and Mining

Education Profile: The most common level of educational attainment for Sheetmetal Trades Workers is Certificate III/IV (91.9 per cent).

Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for Sheetmetal Trades Workers is expected to be low (equal to or less than 5,000). Job openings count both employment growth and turnover (defined as workers leaving their occupation for other employment or leaving the workforce).

Age Group: The main age group is 25-34 years (25.5 per cent) and the median age is 39 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).

Gender: Almost all Sheetmetal Trades Workers are male and most Sheetmetal Trades Workers work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 41.6 (compared to 40.2 for all occupations).

Earning: In August 2014 (latest available data) weekly earnings full-time before tax (and not including employer superannuation) were $1,248 (compared to earnings for all occupations of $1,200).

Employment: Employment for this occupation fell in the past five years, remained relatively steady in the long-term (ten years). Looking forward, employment for Sheetmetal Trades Workers to November 2020 is expected to grow moderately.