screw machine operator
Screw machine operators set up and tend mechanical screw machines designed to manufacture (threaded) screws out of processed metal workpieces, specifically small- to medium-sized ones that have been turned by a lathe and turn machine.
Also called: turret lathe turner, screw machine turner, multiple spindle lathe turner, automatic lathe machine operator, screw machine tuning operator
- 18
- essential skills
- 25
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 7223
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
18- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor automated machines
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- perform test run
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- screw machine parts
- screw manufacturing processes
- screw types
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- tend screw machine
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
Optional skills
25- advise on machinery malfunctions
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces
- consult technical resources
- cutting technologies
- dies
- ferrous metal processing
- keep records of work progress
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- metal forming technologies
- metal smoothing technologies
- monitor conveyor belt
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- program a CNC controller
- read standard blueprints
- record production data for quality control
- replace die
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- statistical process control
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- use CAM software
- wear appropriate protective gear
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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