drop forging hammer worker
Drop forging hammer workers utilise forging machinery and equipment, specifically machined hammers, in order to form ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces to their desired shape. They tend the forging hammers that are dropped onto the workpiece in order to reshape it after the form of the die, which can be closed or open, fully enclosing the workpiece or not.
Also called: drop forge set up operator, drop forge hand, forge operative, forging roll operator, die forger, forging roll technician, drop forge operator, forger tender
- 18
- essential skills
- 30
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 7221
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
18- drop hammer types
- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- forging processes
- monitor automated machines
- monitor gauge
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- operate forging tongs
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- remove scale from metal workpiece
- supply machine
- tend drop forging hammer
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional skills
30- advise on machinery malfunctions
- cold forging
- consult technical resources
- dies
- dust usage for forging
- ferrous metal processing
- hold metal work piece in machine
- hot forging
- keep records of work progress
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- monitor conveyor belt
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate furnace
- operate lifting equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- record production data for quality control
- replace die
- set up the controller of a machine
- tend counterblow machine
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- work as a team in a hazardous environment
- work ergonomically
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