metal planer operator
Metal planer operators set up and operate a planer, which is a metalworking machine designed to cut excess material from a metal workpiece using linear relative motion between the planer's cutting tool and the workpiece in order to create a linear toolpath and cut.
Also called: lathe and turning machine tool setter, lathe and turning machine tool tender, lathe and turning machine tool operator, planer set up operator, metal milling machine operator
- 18
- essential skills
- 18
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
18- consult technical resources
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure equipment availability
- measure flatness of a surface
- monitor automated machines
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- operate metal sheet shaker
- 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
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- tend metal planer
- types of metal
- types of planing cutters
Optional skills
18- advise on machinery malfunctions
- apply cross-reference tools for product identification
- cutting technologies
- ferrous metal processing
- inspect quality of products
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- mark processed workpiece
- monitor conveyor belt
- operate lifting equipment
- operate manual planer
- operate scrap vibratory feeder
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- record production data for quality control
- replace machines
- smooth burred surfaces
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