fitter and turner
Fitters and turners use machine tools to create and modify metal parts according to set specifications in order to fit components for machinery. They ensure the finished components are ready for assembly.
Also called: tool turner, engineering turner, machine tool fitter, tool engineering fitter, tool and die fitter, machine tool turner, assembly line fitter, tool and die turner
- 12
- essential skills
- 19
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Optional skills
19- apply polishing lubricants
- assemble electrical components
- assemble metal parts
- design metal components
- develop assembly instructions
- heat metals
- join metals
- manufacturing of metal structures
- metal coating technologies
- metal joining technologies
- operate handheld riveting equipment
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
- rivet types
- screw types
- set up the controller of a machine
- solve technical problems
- tend computer numerical control lathe machine
- tend riveting machine
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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