About this role
Fitters (General) fit and assemble metal parts and subassemblies to fabricate production machines and other equipment.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Fitter (General) include:
- 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.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Fitter (General)
Showing:
1–3 of
10 courses
-
Learn practical skills in fitting, turning and machinery repair. Work with an employer and earn while you learn through an apprenticeship.
- Apprenticeship
- On-the-job training
- 4 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
-
Train as a plant mechanic. Develop hands-on mechanical skills to service and fix mobile and fixed plant equipment.
- Apprenticeship
- On-the-job training
- 4 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
-
Certificate IV in Engineering
MEM40119
- Apprenticeship
- On-the-job training
- 4 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available