Occupation information for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: 1 to 12 months on-the-job training

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• Read work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup.
• Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
• Measure and inspect machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.
• 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.
• Turn handles or knobs to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations.
• Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools.
• Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.
• Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.
• Trim and compress finished forgings to specified tolerances.
• Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished.

Tools:

• Drill press or radial drill
• Furnaces
• Hydraulic press brake
• Impression and closed die forging press
• Metal shearing machine

Technology:

• Electronic mail software
• Industrial control software
• Inventory management software

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