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Career Details :: Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Description
Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Trims and compresses finished forgings to specified tolerances.
- Installs and adjusts or removes and replaces dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammer, and stop guides, according to specifications.
- Confers with other workers regarding setup and operational specifications of machines.
- Marks layout, verifies dimensions, and measures, weighs, and inspects machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.
- Starts machine, produces sample workpiece, and observes operations to detect machine malfunction and ensure setup conforms to specifications.
- Turns handles or knobs to set pressure and depth of ram stroke and synchronize machine operations.
- Adjust temperature controls of furnace in which rods are heated.
- Sharpens cutting tools and drill bits, using bench grinder.
- Selects, aligns, and bolts positioning fixtures and stops and specified dies to ram and anvil, forging rolls, or presses and hammers.
- Reads blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequence of operations to set up machines.
- Positions and moves metal wire or workpiece through series of dies to compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Consequence of Error
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