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Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
OJT for Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing: NAICS 332
The Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector is part of the Manufacturing sector.
The Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector includes the following industries:
- Forging and Stamping
- Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing
- Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing
- Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing
- Hardware Manufacturing
- Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing
- Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing
- Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities
- Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Subsector Context
The following chart breaks down the parent sector into its subsectors. It shows the percentage of people that these subsectors employ, relative to the entire sector, and the projected growth of these subsectors through 2026.
Largest Occupations
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in size, for this subsector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-sized occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Largest Occupations in Subsector, Projected for 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Subsector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Machinists | 139.1 | 10.1 | 3.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long-term on-the-job training |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 100.6 | 7.3 | 2.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Team assemblers | 64.4 | 4.7 | -19.1 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| First-line supervisors of production and operating workers | 62.6 | 4.5 | 1.8 | High school diploma or equivalent | None |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 54.0 | 3.9 | 2.8 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 53.5 | 3.9 | -9.0 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Helpers–production workers | 36.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| General and operations managers | 36.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 35.8 | 2.6 | -18.5 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 30.6 | 2.2 | 1.4 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
Growth Occupations
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in growth, for this subsector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-growth occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Highest Growth Occupations in Subsector, Projected thru 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Subsector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic | 13.0 | 0.9 | 18.2 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long-term on-the-job training |
| Operations research analysts | 0.1 | 0.0 | 16.7 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Lawyers | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.6 | Doctoral or professional degree | None |
| Financial managers | 4.5 | 0.3 | 11.6 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Software developers, applications | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.6 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Market research analysts and marketing specialists | 2.1 | 0.2 | 10.7 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Millwrights | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.1 | High school diploma or equivalent | Apprenticeship |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 15.2 | 1.1 | 7.9 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long-term on-the-job training |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 7.1 | 0.5 | 6.8 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Industrial engineers | 15.4 | 1.1 | 4.7 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
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