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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts. | Measure and inspect machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications. | |||
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Read work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup. | ||||
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Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications. | ||||
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Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished. | ||||
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Turn handles or knobs to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations. | ||||
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Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications. | ||||
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Repair, maintain, and replace parts on dies. | ||||
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Set up, operate, or tend presses and forging machines to perform hot or cold forging by flattening, straightening, bending, cutting, piercing, or other operations to taper, shape, or form metal. | ||||
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Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions. | ||||
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Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools. | ||||
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Select, align, and bolt positioning fixtures, stops and specified dies to rams and anvils, forging rolls, or presses and hammers. | ||||
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Trim and compress finished forgings to specified tolerances. | ||||
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Sharpen cutting tools and drill bits, using bench grinders. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Forging Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Air Table Operator | |||
Anvil Seating Press Operator | |||
Automatic Casting-Forging Machine Operator | |||
Blacksmith | |||
Board Hammer Operator | |||
Bolt Machine Operator | |||
Buckshot Swage Operator | |||
Bulldozer Operator | |||
Bulldozer Press Operator | |||
Cage Maker | |||
Charging Manipulator | |||
Cold Header | |||
Cold Header Operator | |||
Die Caster | |||
Die Forger | |||
Die Holder | |||
Die Machine Operator | |||
Die Setter | |||
Drop Forge Hand | |||
Drop Forge Operator | |||
Drop Forger | |||
Drop Hammer Set Up Operator | |||
Drophammer Operator | |||
Dropper | |||
Expander | |||
Expander Machine Operator | |||
Fastener Technologist | |||
Forge Hand | |||
Forge Operator | |||
Forge Press Operator | |||
Forge Tender | |||
Forger | |||
Forgesmith | |||
Forging Machine Hand | |||
Forging Machine Operator | |||
Forging Press Operator | |||
Forging Roll Operator | |||
Gang Punch Operator | |||
Hammer Driver | |||
Hammer Operator | |||
Hammer Runner | |||
Hammersmith | |||
Header Machine Operator | |||
Header Operator | |||
Header Set-Up Operator | |||
Header Setup Operator | |||
Heat Reader | |||
Heavy Forger | |||
Heavy Forging Machine Operator | |||
Hydraulic Operator | |||
Keel Press Operator | |||
Knuckler | |||
Lever Operator | |||
Lever Tender | |||
Machine Operator | |||
Manipulator Operator | |||
Manufacturing Assistant | |||
Manufacturing Associate | |||
Manufacturing Operator | |||
Mold Technician | |||
Molding Operator | |||
Multi Operation Machine Operator | |||
Nut Former | |||
Operator | |||
Planishing Hammer Operator | |||
Plastic Shaper | |||
Power Hammer Operator | |||
Press Operator | |||
Process Technician | |||
Restrike Hammer Operator | |||
Ring Roller Operator | |||
Rivet Maker | |||
Roller Machine Operator | |||
Set Up Operator | |||
Set Up Techncian | |||
Spike Machine Operator | |||
Spike Maker | |||
Spring Fitter | |||
Spring Forger | |||
Spring Salvage Worker | |||
Steam Hammer Operator | |||
Steel Shot Header Operator | |||
Swager | |||
Swager Operator | |||
Swaging Machine Operator | |||
Upset Operator | |||
Upsetter | |||
Upsetting Machine Operator | |||
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