Occupation Atlasmetal drawing machine operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/000e93a3-d956-4e45-aacb-f12c83fedf84
metal drawing machine operator
Metal drawing machine operators set up and operate drawing machines for ferrous and non-ferrous metal products, designed to provide wires, bars, pipes, hollow profiles and tubes with their specific form by reducing its cross-section and by pulling the working materials through a series of drawing dies.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.70
- C Conventional4.31
- I Investigative2.23
- A Artistic1.43
- S Social1.08
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- cold drawing processes
- dies
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor automated machines
- monitor gauge
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- perform test run
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
Optional (24)
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- consult technical resources
- ferrous metal processing
- keep records of work progress
- manufacture of small metal parts
- manufacturing of door furniture from metal
- manufacturing of metal assembly products
- manufacturing of weapons and ammunition
- mark processed workpiece
- metal drawing processes
- metal forming technologies
- monitor conveyor belt
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate lifting equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- precious metal processing
- record production data for quality control
- safely handle metal wire under tension
- tend bar drawing machine
- tend tube drawing machine
- tend wire drawing machine
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- wear appropriate protective gear
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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