A professional who sets up and operates metal-working machines to machine workpieces, and fabricate electrical lighting fixture prototypes, such as floor and wall lamps and hanging fixtures, according to specifications. Respnsibilities include:

• Examines drawings or blueprints to ascertain number and finished dimensions of parts required.
• Sets up and operates lathes to spin or turn ferrous or nonferrous metal, according to specifications.
• Cuts and shapes sheet metal.
• Heats and bends metal to shape fixture parts.
• Verifies conformance of parts to specification, using rule, micrometer, square, and protractor.
• Solders, brazes, and welds parts, using welding and brazing equipment.
• Attaches glass parts, sockets, and wires to metal parts to form fixture, using handtools.
• May be designated according to type of fixture fabricated as Chandelier Maker (light.
• fix.).