Occupation Atlasdrop forging hammer worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/93a8bd5f-c268-46f5-8461-1138a9a96189
drop forging hammer worker
Drop forging hammer workers utilise forging machinery and equipment, specifically machined hammers, in order to form ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces to their desired shape. They tend the forging hammers that are dropped onto the workpiece in order to reshape it after the form of the die, which can be closed or open, fully enclosing the workpiece or not.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 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 Realistic6.74
- C Conventional4.39
- I Investigative2.62
- E Enterprising1.19
- A Artistic1.03
- S Social1.00
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 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4022.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
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.
- drop hammer types
- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- forging processes
- monitor automated machines
- monitor gauge
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- operate forging tongs
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- remove scale from metal workpiece
- supply machine
- tend drop forging hammer
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional (30)
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- cold forging
- consult technical resources
- dies
- dust usage for forging
- ferrous metal processing
- hold metal work piece in machine
- hot forging
- keep records of work progress
- manufacturing of doors from metal
- manufacturing of heating equipment
- manufacturing of metal containers
- manufacturing of metal structures
- manufacturing of steam generators
- manufacturing of steel drums and similar containers
- manufacturing of tools
- metal forming technologies
- monitor conveyor belt
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate furnace
- operate lifting equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- record production data for quality control
- replace die
- set up the controller of a machine
- tend counterblow machine
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- work as a team in a hazardous environment
- work ergonomically
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.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 18 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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