Skills
48 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
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Essential skills / competences
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Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
16 skills
Overview
Mechanical forging press workers set up and tend presses that shape ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces using repeated compressive strokes from mechanical press systems.
In job descriptions, look for forging presses, metal workpieces, tool setup, gauges, test runs, removing defective parts, production records, quality checks and troubleshooting press equipment.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Mechanical forging press work is production-floor metal forming. The worker prepares tools, positions workpieces, monitors gauges and press strokes, removes processed parts and keeps the machine running within quality limits.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include knowing press parts, supplying the right tools, treating workpieces before pressing, monitoring gauges, recording production data, inspecting product quality and troubleshooting machine problems.
Salary context
Salary context depends on press size, material type, shift pattern, tolerance requirements, production pace, maintenance involvement and responsibility for rejecting defective workpieces before they move onward.
Career paths
Paths can grow from machine operation, metalworking or forge assistance into press setup, quality control, hydraulic press maintenance, team leading or broader metal production supervision.
Good to know
Check adverts for press type, metals handled, tooling responsibility, gauge monitoring, test runs, quality records, lifting arrangements and whether maintenance or only operation is expected.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for mechanical forging press worker work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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Alternative labels
drop forge operator
die forger
forge press operative
automatic casting forging machine technician
automatic casting forging machine operator
automatic casting machine technician
automatic forging machine operator
forgesmith
mechanical forging press forge operator
automatic casting- forging machine operative
automatic casting machine operator
automatic forging machine operative
forge press operator
spring forger
mechanical forging press forge hand
automatic casting- forging machine operator
spring forge operator
Occupation group
Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers (7221)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bc61e0de-2d72-471c-90c1-a9fe371020f9 |
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| ESCO code | 7221.4 |
| ISCO group | 7221 |
| Concept type | Occupation |