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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.

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DESCRIPTION

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.

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
quality standards
OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit
types of forging press

PRACTICAL SKILLS

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
perform test run
monitor moving workpiece in a machine
OPTIONALOptional competences
monitor gauge
set up automotive robot

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Skills overview

45total
16 essential
29 optional

Breakdown

Knowledge
2
Skills
4

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Quick insight

This role requires 16 essential competences across both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

DATA SOURCED FROM ESCO (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) & O*NET (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR)

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