blacksmith
Blacksmiths heat metal, usually steel, in a forge and shape it with a hammer, chisel, and an anvil. Contemporarily, they predominantly create artisanal metal products, including ornamental work, as well as horse shoes, one of the sole metal fabricating processes that has not been industrialised.
Also called: artisan blacksmith, craft blacksmith, forgeworker, smith, foundry patternmaker technician, heritage blacksmith, patternmaking operator, sheet metal operative
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- essential skills
- 29
- optional skills
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- related roles
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- welder6 skills in common
- boilermaker5 skills in common
- brazier5 skills in common
- coppersmith5 skills in common
- ornamental metal worker5 skills in common
- drop forging hammer worker4 skills in common
- electron beam welder4 skills in common
- upsetting machine operator4 skills in common
Essential skills
19- apply smithing techniques
- ensure correct metal temperature
- forging processes
- heat metals
- hot forging
- join metals
- load materials into furnace
- maintain furnace temperature
- measure metal to be heated
- operate furnace
- operate metal heating equipment
- operate welding equipment
- prevent damage in a furnace
- select filler metal
- shape metal over anvils
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
- work with blacksmithing hand tools
- work with blacksmithing power tools
Optional skills
29- apply precision metalworking techniques
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces
- casting processes
- coating substances
- cold forging
- cut metal products
- design drawings
- dust usage for forging
- ensure equipment availability
- ferrous metal processing
- fill moulds
- insert mould structures
- manage time in casting processes
- manufacturing of door furniture from metal
- manufacturing of tools
- mark designs on metal pieces
- mark processed workpiece
- monitor gauge
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate precision measuring equipment
- precious metal processing
- produce customised products
- provide customer follow-up services
- recognise signs of corrosion
- remove finished casts
- remove scale from metal workpiece
- smooth burred surfaces
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- types of metal manufacturing processes
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