Sheet metal work is a type of work among workers. Some people also call it sheet metal work. In the past, sheet metal workers were actually a kind of fitter. They combined all kinds of metal plates such as steel plates and copper plates into handicrafts or workpieces by hand, so people called people who made workpieces with metal plates as sheet metal workers.

due to the continuous development of modern science and technology, the classification of many jobs has undergone new changes. Sheet metal workers pay off, cut and shape all kinds of sheets or profiles according to actual needs or drawings, so as to form all kinds of required three-dimensional components, such as ventilation pipes in buildings, cyclone dust collectors with large elbows and small joints in factories, plastic repair of automobile repairs and various civil white iron products.

sheet metal workers need to have a deep knowledge of mathematics, geometry, metal, welding, cutting, fitter, riveting and so on.