metal polisher
Metal polishers use metal working equipment and machinery to polish and buff almost finished metal workpieces in order to enhance their smoothness and appearance and to remove oxidisation, tarnishing the metal after the other fabrication processes. They may operate equipment using diamond solutions, silicon-made polishing pads, or working wheels with a leather polishing strop, and tend to these materials ensuring their effectiveness.
Also called: tube finisher, tube buffer, mechanical buffer, automatic metal finisher, mechanical finisher, smooth clean surface operator, machine buffer, circle finisher
- 14
- essential skills
- 30
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
14- apply polishing lubricants
- buffing motions
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- spot metal imperfections
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of lubricants
- types of metal
Optional skills
30- abrasive machining processes
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- apply precision metalworking techniques
- consult technical resources
- ferrous metal processing
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- manufacture of small metal parts
- manufacturing of cutlery
- manufacturing of door furniture from metal
- manufacturing of light metal packaging
- manufacturing of metal assembly products
- manufacturing of metal household articles
- manufacturing of weapons and ammunition
- mark processed workpiece
- measure flatness of a surface
- metal polishing machine parts
- metal smoothing technologies
- monitor automated machines
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate metal polishing equipment
- operate sandblaster
- operate surface grinder
- perform machine maintenance
- precious metal processing
- record production data for quality control
- smooth burred surfaces
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- tend metal polishing machine
- types of metal manufacturing processes
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