Metal Fabrication Worker Resume Template
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Jason Sanders
Fabrication Lead · Metal & Thermoplastic Assemblies
Charlotte, NC · (704) 555-6816 · jason.sanders@email.com · linkedin.com/in/jasonsanders
NIMS Machining Level I Credential
National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS)
OSHA 10-Hour General Industry
OSHA Outreach Training Program
Forklift Operator Certification
Employer (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178)
Profile
Fabrication worker with 10 years building sheet metal and thermoplastic enclosures for equipment makers. Now leads a 5-person cell producing 300 assemblies a week, with on-time delivery raised from 88% to 97%.
Fabrication Experience
2021 – Present
Fabrication Lead
Piedmont Enclosure Systems, Charlotte, NC
- Lead a 5-person cell building steel, aluminum and HDPE enclosures, about 300 assemblies a week.
- Read drawings and set up press brakes, shears and plastic welders for each new job.
- Check parts to drawing with calipers, squares and go/no-go gauges before sending to paint.
- Raised on-time delivery from 88% to 97% by staging kits a day ahead of each build.
- Cut setup time on the brake by 25% by building a tooling library and setup sheets.
2017 – 2021
Metal and Plastic Worker
Carolina Custom Fab, Gastonia, NC
- Formed 16–10 gauge steel panels on a CNC press brake and sheared blanks to size.
- Hot-air and extrusion welded polypropylene tanks and ducts to customer drawings.
- Drilled, tapped and installed PEM hardware and rivets on subassemblies.
- Heat-bent acrylic and polycarbonate guards and trimmed edges on a router table.
2015 – 2017
Metal Worker Trainee
Queen City Sheet Metal, Charlotte, NC
- Deburred, cleaned and sorted cut parts and loaded material onto the shear and brake.
- Assembled brackets and frames with hand tools under a senior fabricator.
Shop Skills
Press brake setupSheet metal fabricationThermoplastic weldingBlueprint readingHardware insertion (PEM)Precision measurementCell leadership
Tools & Equipment
Amada press brake
Haeger PEM press
Leister plastic welders
Laguna CNC router
SAP (work orders)
Education
High School Diploma
2014
West Charlotte High School
Certificate in Machining Technology
2015
Central Piedmont Community College
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Licenses and certifications
- NIMS Machining Level I Credential National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Optional, valued by employers
Sources: www.nims-skills.org, www.bls.gov
Licensing rules differ by state; check with your state board before you apply.
Skills to list
- Blueprint reading
- Precision measurement
- Metal fabrication
- Machine operation
- Quality inspection
- Preventive maintenance
- Material handling
- CNC operation basics
Software and tools
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- SAP software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Vero Software Edgecam
- Inventory tracking software
Duties to describe on a metal fabrication worker resume
- Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
- Marked curves, lines, holes, dimensions, and welding symbols onto workpieces, using scribes, soapstones, punches, and hand drills.
- Immersed workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.
- Monitored machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
- Recorded times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.
- Planned locations and sequences of cutting, drilling, bending, rolling, punching, and welding operations, using compasses, protractors, dividers, and rules.
Titles along the way
- Metal Worker Trainee
- Metal and Plastic Worker
- Fabrication Lead
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