Occupation Atlasblacksmith
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fccecd5d-ad90-41a8-bb89-96d7595abca3
blacksmith
Blacksmiths heat metal, usually steel, in a forge and shape it with a hammer, chisel, and an anvil. Contemporarily, they predominantly create artisanal metal products, including ornamental work, as well as horse shoes, one of the sole metal fabricating processes that has not been industrialised.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
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.
- apply smithing techniques
- ensure correct metal temperature
- forging processes
- heat metals
- hot forging
- join metals
- load materials into furnace
- maintain furnace temperature
- measure metal to be heated
- operate furnace
- operate metal heating equipment
- operate welding equipment
- prevent damage in a furnace
- select filler metal
- shape metal over anvils
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
- work with blacksmithing hand tools
- work with blacksmithing power tools
Optional (29)
- apply precision metalworking techniques
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces
- casting processes
- coating substances
- cold forging
- cut metal products
- design drawings
- dust usage for forging
- ensure equipment availability
- ferrous metal processing
- fill moulds
- insert mould structures
- manage time in casting processes
- manufacturing of door furniture from metal
- manufacturing of tools
- mark designs on metal pieces
- mark processed workpiece
- monitor gauge
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate precision measuring equipment
- precious metal processing
- produce customised products
- provide customer follow-up services
- recognise signs of corrosion
- remove finished casts
- remove scale from metal workpiece
- smooth burred surfaces
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- types of metal manufacturing processes
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