A professional who designs ornamental metal items, such as grills, lattice work, statuary, railings, displays, plaques, and light fixtures, and tooling for fabrication, utilizing knowledge of properties of metal, fabrication techniques, principles of design, and artistic talent. Responsibilities include:

• Analyzes sketches or observes and measures physical surroundings prior to installation.
• Selects designs from pattern book, alters or originates designs according to customer specifications.
• Draws detail sketches and prescribes fabricating techniques.
• Forges tools, such as peening hammers, bending jigs, and scroll forms, using forge, machine tools, welding equipment, and hand forming tools.
• May sculpture plastic patterns to form molding castings.
• Builds products from original design or working models (ornamental-metal worker).
• May prescribe colors for painted parts.