Precision Metal Trades Workers

Precision Metal Trades Workers fabricate, assemble, maintain and repair metal precision instruments.

What the job involves

• Assembling parts and subassemblies of precision instruments, locks, timepieces and firearms

• Dismantling precision instruments, locks, timepieces and firearms, repairing and replacing defective parts, and reassembling articles using hand and power tools and specially designed machines

• Inscribing letters, figures and designs on surfaces of jewellery, trophies and other ornamental items

• Installing security systems, changing tumblers in locks, changing locks, cutting keys and opening locks by manipulation

• Calibrating precision instruments using standard weights and measures, jigs and fixtures, and hand tools to adjust and align parts and small balancing weights

• Making blades for circular, band and other power saws and repairing, setting and sharpening blades for hand and power saws

• Testing circuits in electronic timepieces

• May estimate costs and prepare quotes for repairs