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Overview
Forge equipment technicians maintain and repair forge machinery such as presses and material handling equipment, including inspections, preventive maintenance, fault repair and installation support.
In job descriptions, look for forging presses, routine machinery checks, welding or soldering equipment, test runs, test data, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, component replacement and equipment malfunctions.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Forge equipment technician work is practical maintenance around presses, material handling equipment and installed machinery. The job checks condition, prevents downtime, repairs faults and proves that equipment works after service.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes mechanics, forging presses, routine machinery checks, welding and soldering equipment, test runs, test data, component replacement, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical equipment and malfunction diagnosis.
Salary context
Salary context depends on press complexity, shift coverage, emergency repair responsibility, hydraulic or electrical depth, installation work, documentation duties, safety-improvement advice and responsibility for production uptime.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior maintenance technician, forge press specialist, hydraulic or pneumatic systems work, installation support, maintenance planning, technical troubleshooting or industrial machinery supervision.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names forging presses, material handling, preventive maintenance, test runs, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, welding, soldering, replacement parts, fault response and maintenance records.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Repair and maintenance of machinery
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include agricultural machinery technician, moulding machine technician and construction equipment technician.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
49-3042.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to more than one exact ESCO occupation.
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
49-9041.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
33.12Repair and maintenance of machinery
Alternative labels
forge operations inspector
foundry operations inspector
foundry processing inspector
moulding and casting inspector
casting and forging technical operator
forge processing inspector
moulding and forging inspector
forge casting inspector
casting and forging inspector
forging and casting inspector
forging inspector
Occupation group
Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers (7233)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/599c2ce9-0e1b-4f63-9d65-1f19b3847efb |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7233.5 |
| ISCO group | 7233 |
| Concept type | Occupation |