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Where a mechanical forging press worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mechanical forging press worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Mechanical forging press workers set up and tend mechanical forging presses, designed to shape ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces including pipes, tubes and hollow profiles and other products of the first processing of steel in their desired form by use of preset, compressive forces provided by cranks, cams and toggles at reproducible strokes.

Also known as 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.

Craft and related trades workers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: upsetting machine operator, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
upsetting machine operator 77% covered stamping press operator 74% covered metal rolling mill operator 72% covered metal drawing machine operator 72% covered nailing machine operator 71% covered mechanical forging press … You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mechanical forging press worker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mechanical forging press worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A mechanical forging press worker needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • mechanical forging press parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend mechanical forging press working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • remove scale from metal workpiece working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • forging processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ensure correct metal temperature working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • remove processed workpiece handling and moving
  • types of metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mechanical forging press worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Mechanical forging press worker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mechanical forging press worker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.