upsetting machine operator
Upsetting machine operators set up and tend upsetting machines, primarily crank presses, designed to form through forging processes metal workpieces, usually wires, rods, or bars, into their desired shape by having split dies with mulitiple cavities compress the workpieces' length and hereby increasing their diameter.
Also called: upset forging machine operator, upsetting machine operative, heading machine operative, upsetter apprenticeship, upset forging machine operative, upset operator, crank press operator, upsetter
- 16
- essential skills
- 29
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 7223
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
16- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- forging processes
- hold metal work piece in machine
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- supply machine
- tend upsetting machine
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- types of upsetting machines
- upsetting machine parts
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional skills
29- advise on machinery malfunctions
- cold forging
- consult technical resources
- dies
- ferrous metal processing
- hot forging
- inspect quality of products
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- monitor automated machines
- monitor conveyor belt
- monitor gauge
- operate forging tongs
- operate lifting equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- record production data for quality control
- remove scale from metal workpiece
- replace die
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- set up the controller of a machine
- types of forging press
- types of metal manufacturing processes
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