Fitter (General)

Overview

Fitters (General) fit and assemble metal parts and subassemblies to fabricate production machines and other equipment.

Day-to-day

• determines suitable material, method and sequence of operations and machine settings
• fits fabricated metal parts and assembles them
• checks metal parts for accuracy, clearance and fit
• sets guides, stops and other controls on machining tools, sets up prescribed cutting and shaping tools and dies in machines and presses, and sets controls for textile machines
• forms metal stock and castings to press, cut, grind, plane, bore and drill metal
• cuts, threads, bends and installs hydraulic and pneumatic pipes and lines
• prepares pattern mechanisms to control the operation of textile machines used to spin, weave, knit, sew and tuft fabric
• performs maintenance of machines, mechanical parts and fluid power equipment
• may erect machines and equipment.

Considerations

• physically demanding.