From hydraulic forging press worker to mechanical forging press worker
14 of the 16 essential skills of a mechanical forging press worker are already essential for a hydraulic forging press worker — about 88% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 2
- would be new
- 88%
- of the target job covered
- 16
- essential skills of a mechanical forging press worker
What a mechanical forging press worker does
Mechanical forging press workers set up and tend mechanical forging presses, designed to shape ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces including pipes, tubes and hollow profiles and other products of the first processing of steel in their desired form by use of preset, compressive forces provided by cranks, cams and toggles at reproducible strokes.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- forging processes
- monitor automated machines
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- remove scale from metal workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
What would be new
2 skillsEssential for a mechanical forging press worker and not for a hydraulic forging press worker. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from hydraulic forging press worker
2 roles- drop forging hammer worker14 skills in common
- metal rolling mill operator12 skills in common
← hydraulic forging press workermechanical forging press worker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a mechanical forging press worker?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.