Description
Fabricate and install light-gauge metal stud and track systems for interior partitions, soffits, and ceilings. Lay out, cut, and assemble cold-formed metal framing to plans and codes, ensuring assemblies are plumb, level, anchored, and ready for drywall or sheathing. Includes framing openings, backing, deflection and seismic components, and coordination with other trades.
Skills
Process
- • Critical Thinking
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
Perceptual Abilities
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Endurance
- • Stamina
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
- • Gross Body Equilibrium
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
Engineering and Technology
- • Building and Construction
- • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
