Skills
37 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
2 skills
Essential skills / competences
12 skills
Optional knowledge
5 skills
Optional skills / competences
18 skills
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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Open in Job ExplorerWhat 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.
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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 |
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| ESCO code | 7233.5 |
| ISCO group | 7233 |
| Concept type | Occupation |