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7316 Machine Fitters

Example Titles

• aircraft engine fitter
• assembly fitter
• heavy equipment fitter
• machine builder
• machine fitter
• machine tool builder
• mechanical fitter

Main duties

• Read and interpret blueprints, sketches and diagrams to determine assembly operations
• Fit and assemble prefabricated metal parts to build heavy industrial machinery and equipment such as construction, farming, and processing machinery, railway vehicles and aircraft engines
• Move and align subassemblies and components using lifting and transporting devices such as overhead cranes
• Install major components such as gears, pumps, motors or hydraulic assemblies
• Inspect parts, subassemblies and finished products to ensure quality.

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

• Completion of a mechanical apprenticeship program, such as millwrighting, machining, pipefitting, automotive service or heavy equipment repair
  or
  Completion of a four-year machine fitter apprenticeship program
  or
  Completion of five years of on-the-job training is usually required.

• Completion of a two- to three-year college program in aircraft manufacturing or general fabrication is required for aircraft engine fitters.

• Certification in a related trade may be required.

Additional information

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Classified elsewhere

• Aircraft assemblers (in 9481 Aircraft Assemblers and Aircraft Assembly Inspectors )
• Assemblers of electrical industrial equipment (in 9485 Assemblers, Fabricators and Inspectors, Industrial Electrical Motors and Transformers )
• Mechanical Assemblers and Inspectors (9486)
• Millwrights (in 7311 Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile) )
• Supervisors of machine fitters (in 7216 Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades )
• Welders and Related Machine Operators (7265)